Railroad signs — Connecticut Permit Test

Railroad signs on the Connecticut permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

This sign is placed along the road before you get to a railroad crossing.

It is the advance warning, put far enough back that a driver can slow before the tracks come into view.

is placed along the road before you get to a railroad crossing

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.52

This sign has the same meaning as a yield sign, and you must yield to crossing trains.

Drivers read it as decoration because it carries no instruction word, and it is in fact a yield.

This sign has the same meaning as a “Yield” sign. You must yield to crossing trains.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.52

Where gates are used with flashing light signals, stop when the lights begin to flash and before the gate lowers.

A gate comes down because a train is coming, and going around it is the single most reliable way to be hit by one.

Gates are used with flashing light signals at some crossings. Stop when the lights begin to flash and before the gate lowers.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.52

On the test

What is ahead when a driver passes this sign?

A railroad crossing. It is the advance warning, put far enough back that a driver can slow before the tracks come into view. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.52: “is placed along the road before you get to a railroad crossing”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.