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Article #525Re: red light camera question
From: Some Guy
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 02:35
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 02:35
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Speeding up for a yellow IS illegal. Entering the intersection at your previous speed while the light turns yellow is absolutely legal. Rush Wickes <rush@rush-w.com> wrote in message news:qdbohtga7jp1f4av4i0gtgp10a848il836@4ax.com... > On 4 Jun 2001 17:59:26 GMT, adr5@columbia.edu (Alex Rodriguez) wrote: > > >In article <sdenht0r4isciqu542beqvm80um0rss2aj@4ax.com>, 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. :-) > > -- > > Rush Wickes > Blacksburg, VA > remove the '-' to reply to this post via e-mail
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