Tick mark

A cross sign is erected where a road crosses railway tracks at a level crossing, except for tramways. The cross sign warns traffic that the road crosses traffic that is not able to give way, which is why road traffic generally has an obligation to give way to rail traffic.

A train running at 100 km/h has about 1000 meters in braking distance, while a faster train such as the X2000 running at 200 km/h, may need closer to 1800 meters to brake completely.

It is therefore important to drive carefully when crossing a railway and to be attentive, even if the barrier is up, a train can come anyway.