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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Is this the common rule in the U.S.?
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The Indiana code is pretty vague (italics are mine);
"IC 9-21-3-7
Signals exhibiting colored lights or arrows; requirements; explanation of colors
Sec. 7. (a) Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting different colored lights or colored lighted arrows successively, one (1) at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red, or yellow may be used, except for special pedestrian signals under IC 9-21-18.
(b) The lights indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
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(2) Steady yellow indication means the following:
(A) Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is warned that the related green movement is being terminated and that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
(B) A pedestrian facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal, is advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway before a red indication is shown, and a pedestrian may not start to cross the roadway at that time."
I was taught that yellow means, "if you're in the intersection or can't safely stop, get on through the intersection. If you're approaching the intersection, prepare to stop." So I think you may be both (half) right. Maybe Mr. Rowe could say, "Don't think that speeding up to get through a yellow light is a mortal sin or anything; yellow means “safely clear the intersection,” not “you have to stop NOW.”