(KLFY) -- It's dangerous and illegal to travel around lowered crossing arms at a railroad track. Despite the double warning, many people continue to do so.

Ron Czajkowski is the Transportation Safety Coordinator of Destination Zero Deaths Acadiana. Czajkowski reminds us that it's against the law to go around extended stop arms -- even if a train stops moving.

"When you have a crash whether it's as a pedestrian, motorcyclist, bicyclist, driving your motor vehicle, or whatever; frequently these things end tragically," Czajkowski said.

The risk of a vehicle-train collision increases when other trains are present on the tracks, especially if they are not immediately visible. "A train could literally pass your crossing. You're looking right at it. The arms are still down and you decide I'm i

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