I know the legal meaning of a yellow light varies from place to place, but the effective meaning of traffic lights is:
Red: You shouldn’t be in the intersection. You must not find yourself in the intersection, because other traffic/pedestrians/etc are doing so, and if you’re in the intersection, you’re creating a safety problem.
Yellow: a Red is imminent. You should take whatever steps are safe to ensure that you will not be in the intersection when the light turns red. If that means you need to drive through to get clear, then if the path is clear, do so. If that means instead you need to stop and you can safely do so, do that.
Green: you can go straight through; if you’re turning in a legal direction, you can do so after safely yielding.
I know the legal meaning of a yellow light varies from place to place, but the effective meaning of traffic lights is:
Red: You shouldn’t be in the intersection. You must not find yourself in the intersection, because other traffic/pedestrians/etc are doing so, and if you’re in the intersection, you’re creating a safety problem.
Yellow: a Red is imminent. You should take whatever steps are safe to ensure that you will not be in the intersection when the light turns red. If that means you need to drive through to get clear, then if the path is clear, do so. If that means instead you need to stop and you can safely do so, do that.
Green: you can go straight through; if you’re turning in a legal direction, you can do so after safely yielding.