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Originally Posted by opendoor
No you won't. The letter of the law says the stop must be able to be made safely. If you stopping for a yellow causes an accident, then you're not stopping safely.
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You continue to be wrong on this. The law - that I quoted on the last page - says this:
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Drivers and pedestrians must not enter the intersection when the light is yellow.
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Again, I got a ticket for this. Sounds insane, right? Yeah, I thought so, too. That's why I went to court to fight it.
Did you enter the intersection when the light was yellow?
Yes?
That's illegal.
That's the law, dude. Forget this "safe to stop" business. It's irrelevant if they want to ticket you. It's not vague at all. Read what I just quoted. That was cited to me in court by a judge. Yellow means stop. Red means stop. They mean the exact same thing.
Is there an allowance available if you can't safely stop for a yellow? That, unfortunately, is totally out of your hands, again, as per my experience and the exact wording of the law. Your word automatically loses compared to a cop's. I say it wasn't safe and he says it was safe. Okay, well since he said it was safe to stop and the law says you have to stop, you just illegally entered an intersection.