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Originally Posted by opendoor
Here's the law:
Yes, the person behind would be at fault for the accident, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm saying if you're driving in traffic with people behind you and everyone's going the speed limit, slamming on your breaks to make a hard stop just because the light turned yellow when you were 10 feet before the intersection would not meet the standard of being able to stop safely. Therefore, the rule prohibiting entering the intersection on a yellow does not apply in that case.
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But you keep leaning on this part that is totally subjective on the part of the officer.
The law also says:
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Drivers and pedestrians must not enter the intersection when the light is yellow.
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That's crystal clear, man. So crystal clear, in fact, that they can - and will - ticket you regardless of whether or not you think it's safe. And if you fight it, the judge will just read that to you.
In practical terms I agree that of course you can't just immediately and magically stop before an intersection after a certain point, but hopefully you can clearly see in the wording you keep referring to that there is no objective criteria for that. There's no "if you're doing 80 you have to stop if you're within 38 feet of the intersection, "if you're doing 50 you have to stop if you're within 23 feet of the intersection," etc. There's nothing there to protect you from:
Drivers and pedestrians must not enter the intersection when the light is yellow.