19 Sep 16 09:17, you wrote to me:

 JD>>> Much the same here.  The only vehicles that can legally go thru a
 JD>>> stop sign, or Red light, is a funeral procession.  Then again, that
 JD>>> is usually accompanied by at least a police cruiser in front.

 ML>> check your laws closely... there may be a ""loop
hole"" in that as
 ML>> long as you stop at a red light, does the law say that you *must* sit
 ML>> there until it turns red... most/all jurisdictions i've been in do
 ML>> not state that you *must* wait in the green... only that you must
 ML>> stop... i've beaten "red light tickets" with that
argument several
 ML>> times in the past ;) ;) ;)

 JD> I'm pretty sure that our laws state to proceed with caution if not
 JD> safe to stop on a yellow, and to wait out a red light until it is
 JD> green.  Flashing red is another matter though 

my point was that most all the traffic laws say to "stop on red"
but they do
not specifically state that you must wait until the red turns green before
going on...

 ML>> on the flashing lights... i'm fixing to get a light bar fitted that
 ML>> gives me yellow and white flashing and alternating... can also get
 ML>> green in addition or as one or the other... this because of being on
 ML>> construction sites with heavy equipment running around... we already
 ML>> wear white hats and neon yellow safety vests ;)

 JD> Construction and tow vehicles here have yellow flashing lights, including
 JD> road maintenance crews.

yup... yellow and white on a lot of newer stuff...

 JD> Police have both blue and red, while Ambulance and Fire Trucks have
 JD> simply red

that's why i have to go with green, and/or yellow with white... the main thing
is to be seen when on the side of the road or on a busy construction site with
big loaders, haulers and diggers running around...

)\/(ark

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