I am not starting an argument just stating what I read in the Calif. Vehicle drivers manual and also I just talked to our local traffic officer.
Solid Yellow. A yellow
signal light means
“CAUTION.” The red
signal is about to appear. When
you see the yellow light, stop if
you can do so safely. If you can’t
stop safely, enter the intersection.
You may enter the intersection as long as you DON'T SPEED UP and it is safe to do so. The traffic officer told me that if you do the above and get hit from behind then the person that hits you is following to close. These are her words as an addition. "And probably talking on a cell phone or text messaging." If you speed up then you will get a ticket even if it is to keep the person from behind from hitting you unless you have witnesses that was what you sped up for. I believe the percent she quoted was that 98% of rear end collisions are going to be the fault of the vehicle behind as they are following to close for conditions no matter what they are.
This is not the cutting in front of and jamming on the brakes type of thing.
Ron
Ron
