SA Police Are Cracking Down On Running Yellow Lights

The number of drivers pulled over by police for sneaking through a yellow light last year was double what it was in 2012.

535 fines and cautions were handed out in 2016, compared to 266 in 2012.

But according to law expert Karen Stanley, most people don’t even know that running a yellow is an offence.

“The reason for this law is to prevent people speeding up as they approach yellow traffic lights,’’ Ms Stanley told The Advertiser.

“Cars coming in the other direction wanting to turn right tend to bank up in the intersection, waiting for a break in traffic.

“Everyone knows that going through a red light is an offence.

“Everyone knows that speeding is an offence.

“However, most people don’t know that going through a yellow light is also an offence.

“The yellow light rule is taught to learner drivers, so I think most younger road users would know the law, but people in their 40s and over, who weren’t taught that going through a yellow light is an offence, it could come as a surprise.”