Controls at railroad crossings include: a. crossing gates b. flashing green lights c. crossing guardsd. sirensflorida highway safety and motor vehicles reported of traffic fatalities were alcohol-related in florida in 2009.  a.19%    b.89%  c.9%    d.39%

Answer 1) Option A) Crossing gates and Option B) Flashing green lights

Explanation : The controls at railroad crossings includes the automatic flashing units or are based on automatic crossing gates, where every driver must stop if the lights are flashing or if the gates are lowered, and they must remain stopped until the lights stop flashing or the gates are raised above.

Answer 2) Option C) 9%

Explanation : Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reported 9% of traffic fatalities were alcohol-related in Florida in 2009.

To be very precise there were 39.2% of traffic fatalities and exactly 8.5% ~9% of traffic crashes were alcohol-related in Florida.

The correct answer is A and B

A. crossing gates

B. flashing green lights

Explanation:

Trains signal were designed to stop accidents and give information to drivers when the track ahead is clear. Railroad crossings control system is make up of either automatic flashing units or automatic crossing gates.

Usually the signs indicate the crossing. If the light flashes red: it means stop and yellow for caution while green for go.

Further Explanation:

Drivers must understand what each light signal means to avoid accidents.  

A railroad signal and track circuit was planned out by William Robinson in 1872. The innovation has help keep trains and motorists from accidents and collision.  Railroad crossing is also called grade crossing, a railway crossing or a railroad crossing.

However some of the measures to be taken in order to make crossing secure include:

Answer 2: the correct answer is 9%

According to the statistics made available by Florida Highway safety and Motor Vehicles in 2009, 9% of traffic fatalities were alcohol-related.

There were 39.2% of traffic fatalities, 20,085 were alcoholic related crashes, alcoholic-related fatalities is 1,004 while injuries were put at 14,130. However compared to 2008, there was a 3.1% decrease in traffic searches.  

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