Increasing speed at intersection

[Gremlin]

I suspect running the orange is akin to running the red in the rule book. Stop next time might be an idea.

Yep, consequence is the same for both. If you are able to stop safely for orange/yellow, then you must do so. When I see the light change, I check my distance, can I stop safely, it's a quick call. If I can, next check is my mirrors, if a vehicle is right behind me I'm not stopping and will explain to anyone if I'm pulled over. However, I've seen people use the excuse on the cop shows... there was nothing behind them...

I don't like people that either ignore the light, speed up. Whether or not you made it across before it was red isn't the point.

You can look up whether the offence exists here: http://legislation.govt.nz/

[FJRider]

I've seen people use the excuse on the cop shows... there was nothing behind them...

Usually there was ... the cop ..

[george formby]

Also if the road is wet and you try and stop suddenly you will ether fall off or end up stopping in the middle of the intersection. In this situation risking a ticket is the cheaper option.

Cassina, exacary what I was thinkin. That's twice our planets have been aligned recently.
I used to be a real traffic dodger in the Uk. In big citys. You do not mess with the road at intersections in the rain. When the light hits orange you look at your stopping distance & make the call.

[Maha]

So ... You run the orange ... but it's the fault of somebody else.



An interesting theory. The cop might not buy it though ... bring it up if you're stopped.

Let us know how you get on ...

Oh hell yeah, it is safe enough to use the orange light, any taxi driver and at least 50% of all other road users will back me up on that.

[Scuba_Steve]

I've found often the lines can be a tell of whether to stop or not. It's not an absolute so use your brain, but quite often the lines before lights (I'm referring more to highways) go from dashed to solid before the intersection; most the time if it goes amber before the solid you have time to stop, if after you hit solid carry on through it's gonna be the safer option.

Course the people I hate (other then the read light runners) are the ones that are gonna become more prevalent with the rollout of red light cameras, the ones that'll go hard on the brakes 100m out from intersection in 100km/h area the instant those lights go amber

[Ulsterkiwi]

so if a yellow means stop unless its not safe to do so and you had to accelerate to beat the other light which means stop then it is reasonable to think you could have stopped safely? Sound like a fair call to me, but then I wasnt there......

Interesting mindset which prevails about traffic lights, its ok for an individual commenting on here to push the limits with signals but I wonder how many of us would be willing to complain if someone else pushed those limits (ran a light) and were in traffic crossing our path? Only last week I was at an intersection and got a green light, clicked into gear, quick check either way....WHOA!! a ute comes sailing across from my right.....not nice. Slightly more extreme example I know.

I remember commenting on the habit of speeding up at yellow lights to a relative, he smiled and said:
"Green means go, yellow means go, red means have a go"

sort of says it all really

[Banditbandit]

Yeah - I hit a car trying to run a light - I never saw them coming - the car turned across my path on a right turn and I dumped the clutch on the green light and went straight into the side ...

But OPer .. ya got caught - pay the fine and stop moaning ..

[nodrog:Me]

I thought the IHC stopped giving out licenses years ago?

[Hashbandicoot]

...turned orange an i gave it some gas...

...i gave it some gas

The explanation. I have found it.

...nek minnit...

Because of this I re-read your post with a Jamaican accent in my head. Watch out for babylon.

[awa355]

Got told many years ago that if the light turns orange/amber/yellow, before, or as you get to the solid line, that at the legal speed limit, you 'SHOULD' be able to stop.

[SMOKEU]

With cops like that, it's no wonder many people hate them. An infringement notice for running an amber/red light might have been fair enough in the circumstances, but increasing your speed near an intersection just sounds like a bunch of bullshit that only a cop out looking to cause shit would actually even mention.

[TheDemonLord]

I once got pinged for this in my Cage,

I wrote a rather long but polite letter to the police stating that:

they did not know the speed I was travelling at the time,

they did not know the distance from the lights my vehicle was

they did not know the braking efficiency of my car

therefore they did not have any of the necessary data points to conclude I had time to safely stop.

After several letters back and forth, the ticket was dropped.

[Ender EnZed]

I once got pinged for this in my Cage,

For increasing speed at an intersection or for failing to stop for a yellow light?

[TheDemonLord]

For increasing speed at an intersection or for failing to stop for a yellow light?

Failing to stop

[Mike.Gayner]

Got told many years ago that if the light turns orange/amber/yellow, before, or as you get to the solid line, that at the legal speed limit, you 'SHOULD' be able to stop.

I understand your sentiment, but I'm gonna go ahead and use my own judgement rather than relying on the judgement of people who paint lines on the road for a living.