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Rush Wickes wrote:
> 
> Alex Rodriguez wrote:
> 
> > rush@rush-w.com says...
> >
> >> From what I understand, if your vehicle is 'in the box' when the 
> >> light turns red,  you will be fined as running the red light.   
> >> This is done to discourage people from trying to race the yellow 
> >> through the intersection.
> >
> > This is wrong.  Entering an intersection on yellow is permissable.  
> > You can't get a ticket for that.
> 
> But being in the intersection 'box' when the light turns red is not
> permissable.   A yellow light, unlike the definition of the alien in
> the film 'Starman' - means slow down for the light, not 'go very
> fast'.   If you try to beat a red light by racing up to a yellow, you
> deserve the ticket for the red. :-)
 

No, Rush, you're wrong, and Alex is correct.  

The definition of Yellow in the Millennium MUTCD is as follows:

	B. Steady yellow signal indications shall have the following 
	   meanings:

	   1. Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady CIRCULAR 
	      YELLOW or YELLOW ARROW signal indication is thereby 
	      warned that the related green movement is being 
              terminated or that a red signal indication will be 
              exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic 
              shall not enter the intersection.

Red Light Cameras are designed so that they activate only if a vehicle
Crosses the Stop Line after the signal changes to RED.

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