True or False: If you have permission to pass a Stop Sign, you are not required to stop.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Only for passenger trains
• D. Only if directed by the employee in charge

Answer: (A)

Stop signs tell you to stop unless you have explicit authority to pass them. If you’ve been given permission to pass a Stop Sign (the proper PPSS process), you gain the authority to go through without stopping, but you must have obtained that permission through the correct channel and you proceed only after confirming the route is clear and continuing with appropriate caution and speed. This authority isn’t limited to passenger trains and isn’t simply “you’re told to pass” by the IC; the permission itself is the authorization to proceed. So the statement is true: with the proper permission, you are not required to stop.