Railroad warning and crossing signs — Arizona Permit Test
Railroad warning and crossing signs on the Arizona permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
This round sign warns that you are approaching a railroad crossing.
It comes before the tracks, so you have time to slow, look and listen before you get there.
A circle-shaped sign provides a warning that you are approaching a railroad crossing.
This sign marks the location of a railroad crossing.
It stands at the tracks themselves. A train cannot stop or swerve, so this is the place to be sure none is coming.
This sign marks the location of a railroad crossing.
On the test
What does this sign warn you of?
A railroad crossing ahead. It comes before the tracks, so you have time to slow, look and listen before you get there. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.42: “A circle-shaped sign provides a warning that you are approaching a railroad crossing.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, published by the Arizona Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-28.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ.pdf (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, Revised September 2026, ADOT MVD, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ-exam.html (azdot.gov/mvd/services/driver-license-ID/permit-test as served on 2026-09-28; the only source for both exam figures)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, AZ entry -- the folio marker and its basis, the extraction-flag score and its welded compounds, and the record of where the exam shape comes from
- docs/plans/how-to-build-laws.md (the runbook this corpus follows)