To Stop or Speed Up at Yellow Light

[Penknife]

  On 1/1/2015 at 2:39 AM, Watwheels said:

 

I hate it when ppl start braking when approaching the traffic lights. Some drivers dunno how to judge or have zero awareness. They become an obstruction. For example a group of cars moved off at green light for 20-30mtrs meaning green light was up not too long ago this joker starts to slow down from 60km/hr by braking when nearing the junction. Kinda annoying. I always have to siam such drivers.

thats why i ride a bike, get past these idiots like a breeze. they'll probably be in my mirrors in a fraction of a second if i throttle fast.

[Turboguy]

This is where manual down shift kick in yo, haha. Wanna dash through that Amber light, don't do it half heart, if the car capability is not there, it's safer to prepare to stop and wait for the next green. Cheers 2015

[Prozac51]

  On 1/1/2015 at 2:26 AM, Yewheng said:

I found something quite useful though my years of driving.

 

When approaching traffic light at 80plus to 90plus km/h and when traffic light turn amber, the 3 arrow theory may not work as speed is too fast. Unless you are still abit distance away from 3 arrow.

 

That is why always try best to reduce speed towards traffic light junction to 70km/h or less so that when light turn amber, the driver will be able better to react to the traffic light and the 3 arrow theory will be very useful guide.

 

 

 

IIRC the only roads with 80-90km/h speed limits are expressways. So isn't it already considered speeding if you drive past any traffic light in SG >70km/h?

[Yewheng]

  On 1/1/2015 at 3:37 PM, Prozac51 said:

 

IIRC the only roads with 80-90km/h speed limits are expressways. So isn't it already considered speeding if you drive past any traffic light in SG >70km/h?

Ya, haha.

[Bigtoe]

  On 3/14/2011 at 9:23 AM, Hobbit said:

just to share my experience, i was in malaysia yesterday, while driving towards multi junction the amber light turn on and i know the timing for it will be very short plus some traffic police was there i did an emergency brake ( the distance is appox 5-8 meters from my car to the white line my driving speed was less than 30km/hr. there is another singapore registered vios horned me from behind. and when i stopped my car the driver came out and confornted me asking why did i do an emergency brake, i told him the amber light is due to turn red and if i were to speed up i would be caught for beating the red light. he shouted he is driving behind me therefore i should not brake , at this instance his wife joined in the argument and keep repeating his statment that i should just beat the red light. i nstead of endangering their life. i replied to them asking where is his safety distance. seeing he cannot out talk any reason he challenged me to a fight. yes he asked me to get out of the car and fight with him i just wind up my window and drove on when it turns green he did not even bother to give a chase. yes it was an indian driver.

 

Now i would like the blue vios drive to come and meet me to have a fist fight here in singapore.

 

It is COE culture. he he. We carry on COE culture everywhere with us, even in foreign country.

 

1. In Singapore, we beat each other very badly to let government happy eat our hard earn COE money.

 

2. In Singapore, we beat each other very badly on Singapore road, don't give up our lane to anyone.

 

3. In checkpoints, we beat each other very badly to go in JB first to save money.

 

4. In foreign land, we beat each other very badly if we meet each other in foreign land

 

We learned beating each other from COE culture.

 

[Victer]

unless u r constantly watching out for speed cam, otherwise it safer to to reduce speed. the demerit points is quite high if the cam flashes

[kschan]

  On 5/15/2012 at 8:06 AM, Lionraymond said:

I got it wrong so many times and kena scolding from my wife who hates being jerked that nowdays i normally slow down when i approach a traffic light. Another reason for slowing down is i find at some junctions there may be cars waiting to u-turn or turn and sometimes its a blind spot which gives a better stopping chance if these ppl pull a fast one.

 

In any case, life is short.....too many ppl who dont care abt traffic rules...better to play it safe....you dont lose very much by waiting for one traffic light but you could lose alot if an accident happen.....

 

Besides the 3 arrows guide, drivers can also look at the pedestrian crossing facing parallel to it, look at the green man, is it flashing or already turned red, it is another indication before using the 3 arrows.

 

If pedestian crossing is flashing green man, look at the seconds remaining whether to speed up or slow down.

if it is already turned red, time to slow down when approaching 3 arrows.

[Ceecookie]

Here's a tip when having to brake for amber light when close to the junction - at most of the junctions there's a overshot zone between solid line and the dotted pedestrian crossing lines.

 

So if u have to brake hard, don't need to aim to stop at the line, u can aim for the overshot zone. In scenarios like this, I'll typically end up halfway atop the stop line..this give a bit more life to my brake pad and tires, while not impeding the pedestrian crossing the road 

[Inlinefour]

1 more thing to take note is the red light camera also double as speed camera

 

Even amber crossed but above speed limit also flashed

[Victor68]

  On 3/10/2019 at 9:03 AM, Ceecookie said:

Here's a tip when having to brake for amber light when close to the junction - at most of the junctions there's a overshot zone between solid line and the dotted pedestrian crossing lines.

 

So if u have to brake hard, don't need to aim to stop at the line, u can aim for the overshot zone. In scenarios like this, I'll typically end up halfway atop the stop line..this give a bit more life to my brake pad and tires, while not impeding the pedestrian crossing the road 

I wonder why we need to guess when LTA could simply add the count down numbers to tell you when light is changing. Afraid motorist will speed up to beat the light? Add speed camera lor. Isnt that solve all problems? My problem is, every traffic light timing from green to amber to red seems to differ. Some almost immediately.  If they coukd simply fixed it from amber to red at 5 seconds for all traffic lights, thing will be easier for motorists. 

[Dark]

For me I always use the cement road surface as the guide whether to pass or to brake. Once inside that zone I can pass safely before turning red and it always works for me.

 

Braking too close to the junction once the lights turn orange is as dangerous as beating red lights when there are cars behind. 

[Daniu82]

Years ago, I hit a motorcyclist at a traffic junction. The lights are at yellow and he don't seems to be stopping as there is no brake lights from his bike. I assumed he is chionging. Suddenly, he braked and stopped past the white line on the floor but I was not in time to brake and hit him. From then, I always assume the car/motor in front will stop when coming to a yellow light.

[GlobeMaster99]

Can anyone follow up on how reliable is the 3 arrow rule again? A week back when I was above the second arrow when the light turned amber. I floored the accelerator and to my horror, the light turn red just as I was about to cross the stop line. About 1 metre or less. So is it still reliable? I was travelling around 55-60kmh btw. That brings me to another question. Are the spacing arrows the same for every junction? I noted the arrow at the particular junction was A bit further as compared to the rest. The arrow worked for most of my junctions crossing except for that particular one. Junction of Mountbatten Road with Tanjong Katong Rd S and Tanjong Katong Rd. I'm still a rather new driver. Any pros can advice? Thanks! (:

[Volvobrick]

  On 4/10/2019 at 3:20 PM, GlobeMaster99 said:

Can anyone follow up on how reliable is the 3 arrow rule again? A week back when I was above the second arrow when the light turned amber. I floored the accelerator and to my horror, the light turn red just as I was about to cross the stop line. About 1 metre or less. So is it still reliable? I was travelling around 55-60kmh btw. That brings me to another question. Are the spacing arrows the same for every junction? I noted the arrow at the particular junction was A bit further as compared to the rest. The arrow worked for most of my junctions crossing except for that particular one. Junction of Mountbatten Road with Tanjong Katong Rd S and Tanjong Katong Rd. I'm still a rather new driver. Any pros can advice? Thanks! (:

I think your car not enough HP....

 

But many junctions have Red light cum speed cam, you may be caught for speeding instead of beating red light!

[GlobeMaster99]

Hmm checked and no RLC at that junction. Car is a odyssey. Or could it just me being too slow being the speed limit and/Or the arrows of that junction is indeed more spaced out? :>

[Sdf4786k]

  On 4/10/2019 at 3:25 PM, Volvobrick said:

I think your car not enough HP....

 

But many junctions have Red light cum speed cam, you may be caught for speeding instead of beating red light!

 

I believe the 3 arrow rule is at 70kmh

 

50 - 60 a tad too closed for margin of error and risky

[Hamburger]

but true to be told, i really saw amber lights that suddenly turn red in split second.

[Sdf4786k]

  On 4/10/2019 at 11:44 PM, Hamburger said:

but true to be told, i really saw amber lights that suddenly turn red in split second.

 

for me is red and followed by green arrow turn on and flashing IMMEDIATELY.