> instead, folks treat it as a stop sign. That's what you're supposed to do. In some cases, the traffic lights fail to a mode where one direction is blinking

> instead, folks treat it as a stop sign. That's what you're supposed to do. In some cases, the traffic lights fail to a mode where one direction is blinking red, which is treated like a stop sign, and the other is blinking yellow, which is treated sort of like a yield sign (i.e., proceed, but with caution). I believe the law (and common sense) states that if the traffic light it out, you treat it like a 4-way stop sign intersection.