Re: Running the yellow nonsense

[DOUBLDz@aol.com]

>About the ticket - there are states in which it is illegal to enter the 
intersection 
>under a yellow, unless you clear it before the light turns red.  Period, end 
of 
>traffic law.  I received a ticket for this in Oregon in the early 1970's, 
and I the 
>only basis on which I could argue (successfully, as it turned out) was that 
the 
>car behind me was so close that I was sure there would be a collision if I 
>braked hard enough to stop for the light. I wasn't about to argue that the 
law 
>was nuts.  I personally think it makes perfect sense.  There is really no 
need 
>to "stretch" lights unless you're en route to the hospital with someone 
bleeding 
>in the seat beside you (been in that situation too, as the bleed-ee).

>Bottom line: it is OUR job to know the traffic laws in the state in which we 
are 
>driving. In some states, for example, there is NO free right turn at a light 
after 
>stopping.

I agree with Al here...my opinion is that almost all of the time, a driver 
who is driving the speed limit, has ample time to stop when he/she firsts 
sees the yellow but most of the time runs it because he or she does not want 
to stop for the light. That said, the scary thing about stopping (and obeying 
the law) is that almost all of the time, the driver behind you expects you to 
run the light and you jeopardize the rear end of your car by stopping.

Dee, more aware of yellow lights than usual
95A6q pearl

PS Anyone see the TV ad for the 2000 Eclipse? Looks suspiciously familiar, 
but I only caught a quick glimpse.