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Nope. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/14/made http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/14/made says: "(9) An amber signal, whe
by exclipy 7y ago
Nope.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/14/made http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/14/made says:
"(9) An amber signal, when shown alone, conveys the same prohibition as red, except that, as respects any vehicle which is so close to the stop line that it cannot safely be stopped without proceeding beyond the stop line, it conveys the same indication as the green signal which was shown immediately before it."
If you interpret this to the letter, it means that if there's no car behind you, you should indeed come to a screeching halt at an amber light. If it's "safe" to stop, then amber means stop.
Not saying I agree with this, but that's what the law says.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoNot sure that doing an emergency stop unless really required is safe - you could always get a tank slapper or potentially case injuries to passengers if say they are reaching for something and bash their hand etc into the internal parts of the car.
- SamBam 7y agoNot sure how you read it that way. "Screeching to a stop" is absolutely not "safely stopped." Maybe we're using "screeching" differently. If I need to jam on the brakes such that there is a chance the car my skid, or someone with a seatbelt might be injured, that is not "safe," and the law says I should keep going. Absent those things, I'm not screeching to stop but just stopping short.
- Dylan16807 7y agoThere's a middle ground in there that's completely safe but also very unpleasant. I might exaggerate it as a "screeching halt". It should not be required by the letter of the law.
- chooseaname 7y ago"Screeching" to a stop is never a "safe" stop. A driver is traveling too fast for the conditions and the road if he has to screech to a stop when he sees yellow.
- mcguire 7y agoDoes the UK have something similar to Section 508? Light blue text on a white background is...problematic. Is there a definition of "safe to stop"? I would imagine a screeching halt wouldn't qualify.