Red-bar panels: 150, 100, 50 meters
The three panels with red bars are before every level crossing, at about 150, 100, and 50 meters. The panel with three bars is the first one you meet.
They are danger signs.
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The depicted panels are placed before any type of level crossing.
The depicted panels are normally placed at about 150, 100 and 50 metres from the railway crossing.
The depicted panels serve to indicate that you are approaching the level crossing.
The panel with three red bars (A) is placed below sign (B).
In the case of a railway crossing without barriers, the panels (A) are placed before sign (B).
The panel with three oblique red bars is the first of the panels you encounter when approaching a level crossing.
The depicted panels can be found only if the level crossing has barriers.
The depicted panels are regulatory (mandatory-prescription) signs.