Re: Would someone explain
"If the interpretation for when you are in violation of a red light doesn't depend on the junction entry but the junction exit (by which point you can't even see the light controlling the junction)... well, someone needs to explain to me the (il)logic behind it"
There's a term for it in the US: being "caught in the box". Under most traffic laws, one isn't supposed to ENTER an intersection until one is confident he/she can completely EXIT said intersection (as in the entire car has cleared the "box" of the intersection indicated by the actual corners of the curbs) before the light changes its cycle (turns red for you and green for the cross traffic). If you see there's a lot of traffic in front of you, to the point you may not get across by then, you're supposed to not even enter and just wait. If you're "caught in the box," you are legally obstructing traffic and subject to a pretty stiff fine (worse if there's a specific "Don't Block Intersection" statute in place).
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