Railroad signs — Texas Permit Test
Railroad signs on the Texas permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
This sign means a driver is within a few hundred feet of a railroad crossing and should slow down and be ready to stop.
It is posted far enough back that a train is still invisible. Slowing there is what makes the stop possible.
This sign means you are within a few hundred feet of a railroad crossing. Slow down and be prepared to stop
This sign is posted at every railroad grade crossing and shows the location of the train tracks, and where more than one track is crossed it shows the number of tracks.
It marks the spot rather than warning about it. If it carries a number, more than one train can be there.
Railroad crossbuck signs are posted at every railroad, highway, road, or street grade crossing and show the location of the train tracks
At this crossing a driver must always slow down, look, listen, and be ready to yield the right-of-way to an approaching train.
Nothing here flashes or drops. The looking and the listening are the whole warning system.
the train tracks. If more than one track is to be crossed, the sign will show the number of tracks. Always slow down, look, listen, and be prepared to yield the right-of-way to an approaching train
On the test
What does this sign tell a driver is ahead?
A railroad crossing a few hundred feet ahead. It is posted far enough back that a train is still invisible. Slowing there is what makes the stop possible. Texas Driver Handbook, p.32: “This sign means you are within a few hundred feet of a railroad crossing. Slow down and be prepared to stop”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Texas Driver Handbook, published by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pdf (Texas Driver Handbook, form DL-7, Revised January 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 from dps.texas.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, nonLawPages, the four extraction traps and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)
- docs/plans/texas-exam-shape.md (the search that established that no official source states the question count, and the two decoys it disposes of)