The yellow light would not come into play until the 1920s. William Potts, who was a police officer in Detroit, is credited for designing the first three and four-way colored traffic lights.

Idaho is among the majority of states with laws regarding yellow lights. The Gem State is one of about three dozen states that employs a “permissive yellow light law,” which means that as long as your ...

When a streetlight turns yellow, how much time do drivers need to safely stop? An ABC15 Operation Safe Roads investigation ...

Red light cameras aren't snapping pictures constantly. Here's how they really work—and how you'll find out if you've ran afoul of one.

Running a yellow light can also constitute negligence in some cases. For example, if a driver has enough time to stop before entering the intersection but chooses not to and causes a crash.

We’ve all been there, the traffic light turns from green to yellow and you’ve got a split second to decide whether to hit the brakes hard or step on it and blast through before it's red.

Any time you’re approaching a stop sign or red light, check your rear-view mirror, Angelo DiCicco, general manager of the Ontario Safety League, said in an e-mail. “If there’s a vehicle ...

Before we’re old enough to even see over the dashboard, we learn that green means go and red means stop. This internationally recognized traffic light color system is standard in most of the ...