Re:Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish en...
by shkkmo on Monday October 21, 2019 @07:08PM
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In many US jurisdictions, including Oregon, you MUST stop for a yellow light if you can do so safely. Cops can and will ticket you for entering a yellow light when they deem that you could have safely stopped. I first learned this when one of my friends ticketed for this in Portland.
Since it difficult to remember which in which jurisdictions this applies, I always make sure to stop for yellow if I can do so safely.
Re:Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish en...
by macintux on Monday October 21, 2019 @05:50PM
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Huh. I remember researching it a couple of years ago, but clearly my memory is not to be trusted, or there’s another part of the code that supplements that (but I’m skeptical there is).
https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-9-motor-vehicles/in-code-...
A yellow light only indicates that the light is changing to red, and that the right of way is ending (as marked by a red light). There is nothing that states what a driver must/supposed-to do when facing a yellow light.
Assuming a driver is obeying all other traffic laws, a driver is lawfully allowed to enter an intersection on a yellow light, regardless of whether they have the time to stop or not.
In most (all?) US jurisdictions, drivers are taught that if the light is yellow, you should stop if you can do so safely.