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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Then they're idiots. If you're driving at a reasonable speed, you should never have a problem stopping at a red light. Even at intersections with cameras, you are allowed to enter the intersection on a yellow light, and proceed through.
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From Alberta's Use of Highway and Rules of the Road
Yellow traffic lights
53(1) When, at an intersection, a yellow light is shown by a traffic control signal at the same time as or following the showing of a green light, a person driving a vehicle that is approaching the intersection and facing the yellow light shall stop the vehicle before entering (a) the marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or
(b) if there is not any marked crosswalk, the intersection,
unless the stopping of that vehicle cannot be made in safety.
It's the bolded part, in my opinion, that is key. If, as you say, you are driving at a reasonable speed and the road conditions are fair you would rarely have anything to worry about.