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58Exceptions to stopping for a red or yellow traffic light
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58 Exceptions to stopping for a red or yellow traffic light
(1) A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red or yellow traffic light does not have to stop if a green traffic arrow is also showing and the driver is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow.
Green traffic arrow, red traffic light and yellow traffic light are defined in the dictionary.
(2) A driver turning at an intersection with traffic lights who approaches or is at a red traffic light on the road that the driver is entering does not have to stop for that traffic light if there is no stop line or stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic light.
Intersection and stop line are defined in the dictionary.