Phan In Phlorida wrote:Bucky wrote:WheelsFellOff wrote:Question time!
Say a traffic signal on your way to work has malfunctioned and reverted to blinking yellow and red lights, your direction has flashing yellow. Do you:
A) Treat the intersection as a four-way stop sign?
B) Drive carefully through the intersection as only flashing red lights are to be treated as a stop sign?
C) Stare dumbfounded at the traffic signal and each driver in turn while traffic slowly backs up behind you as society has clearly broken down, IS NOTHING REAL ANYMORE?!
Legally "B", but "A" is the way it usually flushes out, unless the intersection has an obviously dominant road, in which case the dudes at the flashing red should just turn around and go home.
Twenty-some years ago, I got a ticket for not coming to a complete stop at a flashing yellow. The officer corrected my misunderstanding of the law. Apparently both have to stop but flashing red must yield right-a-way to flashing yellow (red can't go until there is no one at the yellows).
I sure hope you challenged it
