Can you enter an intersection on a yellow light?

TRAFFIC SIGNALS

The three main colors that guide traffic are:

RED means stop YELLOW means WARNING

GREEN means GO, if safe

RED: A red light means “stop” behind a crosswalk or stop line until the

green light appears. You may turn right after stopping if there is no

approaching traffic, unless a sign is posted prohibiting such right turns.

Even though the light is red, a turn is permitted from a one-way street into the nearest lane of another one-way street running in the direction of that turn.

YELLOW A yellow light means the

traffic signal is about to turn red. Stop if

you can do so safely. A vehicle may

clear an intersection on a red light, if the

vehicle entered the intersection while

the signal was yellow; but it is against

the law to enter an intersection after the

light turns red.

GREEN: If the way is clear, after

yielding the right-of-way to other

vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within

the intersection, you may go straight or

turn left or right, unless such turns are

prohibited. Left turns on green must

yield to through traffic coming from the