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Re: Running a red light



Marty Bose (marty_bose@bdt.com) wrote:
> In article <41ajk8$7i0@mark.ucdavis.edu>, auyeung@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu
> (Tak Auyeung) wrote:

> ->Does anyone knows what exactly is running a red light?  According to
> ->"Fight your ticket and win", if the car is already in the intersection
> ->when the light turns red, it is not "running a red light".  I was
> ->already 2/3 through the intersection when the light turns red, was that
> ->still running a red light?  BTW, it happened in SF.

> The last time I checked, the purpose of a yellow light was to warn you
> that a red light was imminent, and that the definition of a red light
> involved not being in the intersection when the light turned red.  By that
> definition, you did indeed run a red light.

I know for a fact that the law in Michigan, anyway, is that you have
the right to _enter_ an intersection while the light is yellow; that
is, if it turns red over your head, you're ok.

Of course, it's also illegal to speed up to beat the red, so you can
always be cited for that.

Adam

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