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Jdurg:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 09, 2008, 01:21:05 pm ---
There are no random light changes.  They all happen on a specific timeframe with specific intervals between yellow and red.  Always.

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Actually, here in New England there are plenty of lights that aren't on timers.  They are on trip sensors that sense when a car is going by a certain point.  Then, the lights will change if the sensors have been tripped by cars on certain roads.

Jdurg:

--- Quote from: RayB on January 09, 2008, 01:22:13 pm ---UH, the yellow lights are designed precisely to to give a driver enough time to either come to a stop or proceed through if "past the point of no return".

If you find yourself past the point of no return when the light is just turning red, you were either doing one or all of these:
A. Were going to fast.
B. Were not paying enough attention.

In either case YOU are responsible for your vehicle ending up in the intersection when the light was red. Rationalize it all you want, you're guilty of that, so take the punishment. I'm glad you got caught. It really pisses me off when I see people just pushing to get through yellows up until the last second. That's just not safe.


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Yes.  The yellow light, according to the LAW, means that the green light privileges are terminating and red light is coming up.  If you are at the point of no return (where you must legally stop your car at a red light) when the light is just turning yellow, you know that you have to continue going through.  That is what I did.  I did not break the law and I will prove it in court.  Take a look at the picture I posted and see where I was when the light turned red.  I am right.

tommy:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 09, 2008, 01:21:05 pm ---
There are no random light changes.  They all happen on a specific timeframe with specific intervals between yellow and red.  Always.

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When you're driving down any random road you do not know when the light is going to change, there are times when you just happen to be at the wrong spot at the right time and can be seen as breaking the law. The thing is to what degree did you pass the light and did you or did you not have a chance to stop or have to keep going, this is too close to call from a cop sometimes and the cop can be wrong at times.

What if you squeal your breaks at an attempt to stop and make a big scene in the middle of the road attempting to stop when you really cannot and end up sitting in the middle of the road. Just keep driving, you will get a ticket either way.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Jdurg on January 09, 2008, 01:22:41 pm ---Actually, here in New England there are plenty of lights that aren't on timers.  They are on trip sensors that sense when a car is going by a certain point.  Then, the lights will change if the sensors have been tripped by cars on certain roads.

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I am in MA.  There aren't very many of those at all, and most of the ones out there in southern MA are for turning a low volume light to green when it is already red.

Jdurg:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 09, 2008, 01:26:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jdurg on January 09, 2008, 01:22:41 pm ---Actually, here in New England there are plenty of lights that aren't on timers.  They are on trip sensors that sense when a car is going by a certain point.  Then, the lights will change if the sensors have been tripped by cars on certain roads.

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I am in MA.  There aren't very many of those at all, and most of the ones out there in southern MA are for turning a low volume light to green when it is already red.

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I'm in SE Connecticut near Groton/New London and these lights exist everywhere in the more urban areas.

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