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Irie Mon said "Just so you know Jovial and Ried;     This is from the Manitoba Highway Traffic Act section 88. There is no offence for going through a yellow light. The only offence is where you enter on a yellow light and fail to get to the far side of the intersection by the time the light turns red. You are therefore going through a red light. This is what the act says;     Yellow traffic control light or arrow at intersection   88(5) When a yellow or amber traffic control light or arrow is being shown at an intersection by a traffic control signal following or accompanying a green traffic control light,   (a) the driver of a vehicle at or approaching the intersection and facing the light or arrow shall not enter the intersection, unless he can leave it before a red traffic control light or such other signal as next follows, begins to be shown;     I also know that Brandon Police do not charge people just because they couldn't get the the far side of the intersection before the light turns red. The standard for a charge of going through a red light is the offender fails to even enter the intersection before the light turns red.     Even the red light cameras in Winnipeg that is the source of much frustration for us in Manitoba, are set to not record an offence unless the driver fails to stop before entering the intersection when the light turns red.     Please, please, I am not trying to argue or to be harsh. I just want the ebrandon people to know what is true and what is fiction. There is no offence for going through a yellow light in Manitoba. "

What your talking about is a Manitoba Yellow ... speed up to make it throught and that is a dangerous action!! You may not enter a intersection on a yellow, unless you are travelling a higher speed and cannot stop. Yellow is not a green and this is common sense .... sad but true !!

Very interesting exchange re yellows, but would appreciate if it be taken to a new separate thread to be explored further so that this thread can be on the topic of the 18th st/Daly merge. thx in advance!

I couldn't agree with you more Adam. This is an interesting exchange and my only motivation here is to make sure that ebrandon people know what is fact and what is fiction. This will be the last I have to say unless it is opened on another thread.  
 
Reid- Yes you are right. It is a dangerous practice and in a lot of cases the driver speeds up to get through on the yellow light but the lights turns red before they get to the far side making it an offence.  
 
Aweatheredheart; The drivers of the vehicles you were a passenger in were not charge with going through a yellow light. That's the point here. There is no offence for going through a yellow light. You can't get a ticket for an offence that doesn't exist. Below is a link to the Manitoba Brown Book. It is has the list of all Manitoba offences and what the fine is. Section 88 of the Manitoba HTA shows no reference to going through a yellow light.  
 
https://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/fines/pdf/brownbook.pdf  
 
Reid, open up another thread and we'll talk some more.