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Originally Posted by Jaylin
Technically there is a 5 second brake between the light turning red and the oncoming light turning green...not to mention people's reaction time at a green light, give or take 5 to 10 seconds...so unless the light had been red for at least 10 seconds then he should have nothing to worry about. In Smoke's defense...I've ran red lights at night, but as they were just turning red...
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Not true. The timing patterns differ from state to state and city to city within those states.
The MUTCD (mutt cudd.............Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices) does have some say in this, but only if adopted by the specific municipalities and states.
In fact, some traffic control devices have no all-red periods while some in the same municipality might have a quite extensive all-red. The unfortunate by-product of our political system means that our politicians often put pressure on the engineering branches of the local transportation departments and mess with things like all-red periods, signal timing, etc.
Now as far as running red lights..........the little yellow ball is there to let everyone know the light will be turning red (little red ball which means you do not go). Unless the yellow is too short, there is no excuse in the eyes of the designers for someone to be running the red........unless it means you get to see nekkid ladies.