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"entering under a yellow is prohibited" What dumbasses came up with that rule? Isn't the whole point of the yellow light to signal that it will turn red soon,
by NightlyDev 7y ago
"entering under a yellow is prohibited"
What dumbasses came up with that rule? Isn't the whole point of the yellow light to signal that it will turn red soon, and that people have to make a choice?
So if you drive up to a green light then you have to stop, wait for the red light and then drive when it turns green again to ensure that you're not running a yellow light.
- tom_mellior 7y agoAround here (Europe) the meaning of yellow is "stop and don't enter", almost equivalently to red. The only difference is that if at the moment the light turns red you are so close and so fast that you cannot stop safely, then you can continue. So you have to make a decision, but it's not really a "choice". In practice yellow phases are too long and taken by many as a signal to speed up and speed through. I don't think police enforce the rules here, but this is clearly prohibited.
- simonh 7y ago> if at the moment the light turns red you are so close and so fast that you cannot stop safely, then you can continue. If you are still travelling fast at the lights when they turn red, you must have been ignoring the yellow light, so this makes no sense. The whole point of the yellow light is to ensure that you have time to stop before the lights go red, making running the red lights inexcusable. Not that I've never run a red light, I'm no angel, but this argument is absurd.
- silvester23 7y agoI am fairly sure they meant "if at the moment the light turns yellow you are so close and so fast that you cannot stop safely" That's how I learned it in Germany, anyway.
- tom_mellior 7y agoArgh, sorry, yes, that's what I meant. When the light turns yellow, you must stop unless it would be dangerous to brake that hard.