Cleanup of 5th wheel accident in California

spoon059 wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
In most but not all states, the rule is you must stop on Yellow unless it's unsafe to do otherwise.

What? I have driven in 14 of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. I also enforce traffic law in one of those states. Never once seen a "rule" that you must stop on yellow.

You are required by law (not "rule") to stop at a red light. The purpose of the yellow light is to warn you that the light is about to change to red, thus giving you time to decide whether you are able to stop in time or if you have sufficient speed to cover the distance between you and the stop line.

Something that most people DON'T know... If *ANY* part of your vehicle crosses the stop line before the light turns red, you have not run the red light. If you are driving a 70 foot long rig down the highway, as long as the front portion of your vehicle has entered the intersection, you are legal. You don't have to get the entire 70 foot rig through the intersection before the light turns red, just the very front portion.

https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/811.260
Now you’ve seen one. Wait, you said “rule” so I agree with you. This is a law. Stop at yellow, unless it’s not safe to do so. Oregon law doesn’t address being partially in the intersection during red but the yellow duration is generally set so that you can get all the way through the intersection before red, with the exception of suddenly slowing traffic as you travel through or a long rig. In most cases you could have stopped safely. That all said, traffic lights have turned into “suggestions” around here the past few years and there’s far too many offenders for police to have any impact.