Because trains are large, fast, and difficult to stop, pedestrian and automobile warning signals must be triggered when the train is still quite a distance from the railroad crossing. At railroad crossings that have lights and bells but no crossing gates, drivers often ignore the warnings and cross the tracks because they get frustrated waiting for the train to pass. This problem is caused by
A) differential inhibition.
B) conditioned inhibition.
C) explicitly unpaired inhibition
D) inhibition-of-delay.

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The problem described is caused by inhibition-of-delay, which refers to the tendency to ignore a warning when there is a perceived delay in the expected outcome, in this case, the train's arrival. Drivers become frustrated waiting and choose to ignore the signals, risking crossing the tracks before the train passes.

Because Trains Are Large, Fast, and Difficult to Stop, Pedestrian