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Originally Posted by Christ
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I've got a variety of light timing on the many routes that I travel to get to different places... guess what's one ticket I've never had? Running a light. Why? I stop at yellow lights. If I can't stop at it, I keep going through it, and it's only because I was within 100 feet of the light when it turned yellow anyway.
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Yeah, that's what I do when it's too late to stop.
I have a rule. If I have to speed up to get through the yellow light, I stop. If I am too close to stop safely (screeching brakes), then I roll through it without changing my speed.
There is another rule that trumps this. If I have the situational awareness to know that someone is right behind me, and I don't think I can stop *slowly*, aka reducing my speed slow enough for him/her to react and slow down, I may go through the light and/or increase speed to do it.
The reason is I don't care whose fault it will be. I don't want my car to be wrecked if I can avoid it. I also don't want the hassle of dealing with insurance and repairs. No time for that.
CarloSW2