Vehicle stalls on railroad tracks — Rhode Island Permit Test
Vehicle stalls on railroad tracks on the Rhode Island permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If your vehicle stalls on railroad tracks with a train coming, get yourself and all passengers out and move as far from the tracks as possible.
People have died trying to restart a stalled car while the train was already on its way.
Get yourself and any passengers out of your vehicle and off the tracks and move as far from the tracks as possible.
Leaving a car stalled on the tracks, run away from the tracks in the opposite direction from the way the train is moving, because the debris travels the way the train goes.
Running the same way the train travels puts you right where the wreckage will fly.
To avoid being hit by debris from the collision, exit your vehicle and run, far away from the tracks, in a parallel line in the opposite direction from which the train is moving.
On the test
Your car stalls on the tracks and a train is coming. What do you do?
Get everyone out, far from the tracks. People have died trying to restart a stalled car while the train was already on its way. Rhode Island Driver’s Manual, p.45: “Get yourself and any passengers out of your vehicle and off the tracks and move as far from the tracks as possible.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Rhode Island Driver’s Manual, published by the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/RI.pdf (Rhode Island Driver’s Manual, April 2024, Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/RI.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/RI-exam.html (Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Driver Education & Traffic Safety, read 2026-10-04; states the 70% pass mark of the DMV Knowledge Test it administers; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.ri.gov/licenses-permits-ids/permits-tests/operator-manuals (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)