Railroad trapped vehicle — North Dakota Permit Test
Railroad trapped vehicle on the North Dakota permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If your vehicle is trapped or stuck on the tracks, get out and walk toward the oncoming train and away from the tracks.
When a train hits the car, the wreckage flies forward along the line, so you want to be behind it, not in front.
If your vehicle is trapped or stuck on the tracks, evacuate your vehicle and walk in the direction of the oncoming train and away from the tracks at a 45 dregree angle.
When you leave a vehicle stuck on the tracks, walk away from the tracks at a 45 degree angle.
Walking out at an angle gets you clear of the rails and out of the path of the flying wreck at the same time.
If your vehicle is trapped or stuck on the tracks, evacuate your vehicle and walk in the direction of the oncoming train and away from the tracks at a 45 dregree angle.
If a train strikes a vehicle, the debris spreads out from the tracks in the same direction the train is moving.
Knowing where the wreckage goes is why you walk toward the train rather than away from it.
If your vehicle is struck by a moving train, the debris will spread out from the tracks in the same direction the train is moving.
On the test
Your car is stuck on the tracks and a train is coming. Which way do you go?
Out of the car, toward the train and away from the tracks. When a train hits the car, the wreckage flies forward along the line, so you want to be behind it, not in front. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.18: “If your vehicle is trapped or stuck on the tracks, evacuate your vehicle and walk in the direction of the oncoming train and away from the tracks at a 45 dregree angle.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, published by the North Dakota Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pdf (North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, 2025-2027, Revised 2025, North Dakota Department of Transportation, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ND.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/noncommercial-driver-license-manual (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- https://www.dot.nd.gov/driver/driver-license (read 2026-10-04; states no count or mark for the Class D knowledge test)
- https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/37-03-01.pdf (N.D. Admin. Code chapter 37-03-01 and the rest of article 37-03, read 2026-10-04; states no knowledge-test figure)
- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c06.pdf (NDCC chapter 39-06, read 2026-10-04; section 39-06-13 sets what the examination covers and states no figure)