Yellow Traffic Light Rule (Do's and Don'ts)

Yellow traffic light rules are almost the same all around the globe. If you have your driving test coming up anywhere in Australia and you are wondering about the meaning of yellow light in the traffic light, watch this video.

In this video, you will see the real footages of four driving tests in which the students came across yellow traffic lights. Two students failed, one student passed and one student received one minor mark.

Is it ok to go on yellow light? What happens when going through a yellow light and it turns red? This video answers all your questions regarding yellow light.

Remember that everything is based on this rule: "You must stop on a yellow light, unless it is unsafe to do so".

The real driving tests in this video are all conducted at Greenslopes driving test centre, Brisbane Queensland Australia.
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00:00 Yellow traffic light rule (Do's and Don'ts)
00:28 Rule for yellow light
00:55 Factors affecting your decision
01:52 First student's situation
03:09 Second student's situation
03:55 Third student's situation
04:34 Fourth student's situation
05:14 Judgment tips
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[jamesfarley]

Very good advice overall. The problem in many cities is that the yellow light duration is not properly engineered for the intersection. It is too short, trapping safe drivers into the red. The driver does not have the distance to stop safely while at the same time there is not enough yellow to let them get into the intersection before the light turns red. They are caught in what is called a "dilemma zone". This especially applies to left turns (in the US, in Australia - right turns) where the driver must slow down to negotiate the turn. While this is not a major safety issue, it is a big issue when a red light camera is put on the intersection and drivers are caught only tenths of a second into the red through no fault of their own.

[nailobsession]

This was extremely helpful as my husband continues to break in an intrusive way which startles me as I’ve only recently started trusting his driving to take my own eyes off the road at times. Then says I’m wrong which had caused many arguments as my husband is too proud for weird reasons to educate our family correctly when I’m upset about the abrupt breaking and the fact he is not more understanding of the way he drives and how it bothers me and my nerves at times.

[aussie]

You lose about 1 second of time to react to a stop, this is why the yellow light needs to be a decent duration. I think they should increase the duration by at least 1 second at all intersections. Of course they won’t because that would mean less red light camera cash for the government.

[error]

Very good explanation honestly. I just got my car rear ended this morning after slamming on my brakes at a yellow light. Now, I know what to do next time.

[caralhoguy]

I’m still tryna figure out how close I have to be to the line to keep accelerating for it to turn yellow

[PTMG]

If it's yellow- just go for it. NEVER stop for a yellow. It is nearly impossible to cause an accident by speeding through a yellow- EVEN if it were to turn red right before you went through. However it is very common to cause an accident by slamming on your breaks at a yellow.

EVERY traffic signal has an "all red" period. This means that just because your signal is red, doesn't mean the other signal is green. And cars don't just teleport. Unless someone going the opposite direction is already committed to running a stale red light, no one is going to teleport to the middle of the intersection while you are running a yellow light, EVEN if it turns red, and hit you. It's just not gonna happen.
EVEN IF the light turned green after yours turned red, people still need 1 second to mentally react to the light turning green, AND THEN they have to accelerate their car. You have at least a second of all red once your light turns red, and at least a second of brain function to deal with, and then another second of acceleration before someone could hit you, and that's assuming someone would do so essentially on purpose, because they would have to do it on purpose to be able to hit someone who is ALREADY in the intersection, when they are starting from a stop.

Unless the light is just flat out red, you should commit to running every single yellow light you see. If you happen to baaaarely run a red, worst case scenario is you MIGHT get a camera ticket in the mail depending on the intersection, that you technically legally don't have to do anything about. Your can pretty much ignore any camera tickets for any reason, whether it's speeding or running lights. Cameras are not officers, and can not appear in court. They don't have the jurisdiction to write a ticket, and they don't have the physical capability to testify on the stand. This, and you can usually just say "wasn't me driving" and they will drop it.

So long story short: JUST RUN THE YELLOW LIGHT. You will be perfectly fine, and it is basically guaranteed to be more dangerous to slam on your brakes.

[cci]

Thank you for the such a helpful content. I got a better idea and more sense now, but I am still so scary and my whole body get froze and very much in tension mode everytime when I am approaching to the trrafic light😢

[citydandad]

Traffic lights is one of my biggest fears when I drive anywhere in QLD.

By the way, I have one question. Here it is:

Is it okay to drive below the speed limit when approaching traffic lights when the light ahead is green because you assume the light will change to yellow soon?

Example: You're driving in a 60 km/h road and the intersection has a red light camera, and is in good conditions. You drive near 45 km/h when approaching the lights and then return to near the speed limit of the area again after passing the lights.

Unfortunately, I hear some people think it's not normal to drive slower than the speed limit in good conditions when approaching traffic lights (although most motorists in QLD just travel near the speed limit of the area when approaching traffic lights).

However, I've heard of a couple of people say is okay when they drive slightly slower than the speed limit in good conditions when approaching the traffic lights.

I personally think it's okay because I think this method would reduce the chances for me to get a traffic light fine.

[dianne]

This is still one of my FEARS
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▪︎I've been driving for a long time.

▪︎More traffic and 😮👉speed now.

▪︎Should you cover your brake if the green has been on for some time.. or still doesn't matter.

[kirangujjar]

driving 70km per hours, 10 m distances from yellow light, in this situation what should we do?