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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your rear tires need to enter the intersection before it turns red.

If I'm in DC or MD and there's a chance of a red light ticket, I brake hard and hope no one is behind me.[/quote]

Your rear tires need to LEAVE the intersection before it turns red. [/quote]

No, you are stopping too soon. If the light is yellow when you enter the intersection, that's fine. If you stop too sign, you run the risk of getting hit from behind by someone who is not expecting you to stop.[/quote]

Not in Maryland.  From the MD Driver's Manual
[url]http://www.mva.maryland.gov/_resources/docs/DL-002.pdf[/url]
[quote=Maryland Driver's Manual]
2. Steady Yellow Signal
 This means that the signal is changing from green to red. [b]Its purpose is to provide time for approaching traffic to stop safely and to [u]clear other vehicles from the intersection before the signal turns red.[/u] [/b]If you are too close to the intersection to stop safely, continue through the intersection with care.[/quote]

So you need to be out of the intersection when the light turns red, not just entering.  Just because many drivers fudge the yellow and run the red, does not make it right and you should definitely not be suggesting that someone else take up this bad driving habit.[/quote]

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