1 month old TT totaled?
I screwed up my holiday.First TT and only 1 month old. Was trying to pull my TT from storage to home and prepare for the long weekend. Since it's only a 10min local drive, as usual I didn't bother se...
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mr_andyj wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:
No, not correct.
Specifically yellow signal..
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Haha, you are misguided. Yes, you should be safe and stop, for you.
Yellow is just as I said. I am not talking about safety or the complete obvious things like looking out for danger. This is so obvious, I cant even imagine how someone would think we need to be told on an urelated forum to look out for traffic. No, we are talking about the law and the legal meaning of a yellow light. Yellow means red is about to happen. Yellow is legally the end of the GREEN light, not the beginning of the RED light. Entering the intersection under yellow is just the same as entering under green! You can sit and imagine all the scenarios where another driver can crash you, but no need to tell stories here on the forum. If you are scared, do not drive. If you stop suddenly and unsafely at a yellow you might get rear-ended and be the cause of a crash. Know the laws.
The OP is in Oregon, and Oregon law is clear about stopping at yellow lights unless you cant’t: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/811.260
Yellow lights are timed to allow enough time to clear the intersection. You can get a ticket for entering when it’s been yellow for too long and the usual evidence is that it turned red while you were still in it. Granted most cops/judges would take your speed into consideration if you’re towing and obviously need to move slower than average vehicle.
Getting rear ended is not the fault of the one stopping, unless you last second lane-change dive in front of someone while doing it.
