# Poll: Green means go, yellow means...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-green-means-go-yellow-means/160809>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 12, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-green-means-go-yellow-means/160809 "2003-03-12T13:36:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-green-means-go-yellow-means/160809/21 "2003-03-12T21:43:34Z")

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The delay between amber and red is _supposed_ to be set up in such a way that you will either:  
[ul][li]be able to stop safely before crossing the line (and without braking unduly hard)[/li][li]Be sufficiently close to the line that you will pass through the junction before the signal turns to red[/li][/ul](assuming, of course, that you are not exceeding the posted speed limit).

There should be no need to increase speed (although I think almost everybody _does_); you’ll either see the signal go amber from a distance sufficient to stop, or you’ll pass through on amber, that is all.

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