is going through a yellow light probable cause for a traffic stop?
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It will be used in reference to a prism.\n\norange light has more wavelength thanx yellow.
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Yes it is law that you MUST pull over for emergency vehicles that are running red lights and sirens. The part where you are getting the suggestion that you pull over is for volunteer firefighters or emts in the thier personal vehicles while running lights (in NY its blue lights, same in CT). That is the reason emergency vehicles have lights and sirens. Police have been known to push vehicles out of the way with thier cruisers while in traffic for this reason. Regardless of what the law says it is a good idea to pull over and stop, police, firefighters and Emergency Medical personel do  not drive lights and sirens for fun (although tons of people think they do) it is dangerous for them, so make thier job easier and the F*@% out of the way when you see them comming down the road!
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They can run your plate and certain information can come up. It is possible to "tag" a plate. The question is, is this "tag" probable cause for a traffic stop. A "tag" in and of itself does not constitute grounds for a traffic stop unless that vehicle is wanted in connection with something. However, most vehicles are always committing some act that would allow for a traffic stop. Yes it is true, ANYTHIGN hanging from your rear view mirror is illegal. At least it is in California. There are so may other vehicle codes that most people are always breaking that it is never difficult to justify stopping any car!!
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You can try to protest the tickets, but they may say that ignorance of the law is no excuse.  You don't say where you live compared to where you got the tickets (If you live within a few blocks, they will say you should have known).  It also depends on why the yellow curb was painted (Was it near a hydrant or an intersection, in which case, the ticket will probably stand).\n\nYou may at least be able to get one ticket tossed and the other upheld.
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I guess it depends on the traffic, or how many lights you get stopped by.
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This is cause by a blackhole that is inhabiting your shadow. The gravitational force of the blackhole sucks the light from street lamps and causes a temporary popped circuit. Once you pass the light should come on after the breaker cools.\n\nWhat is unfortunate is that SLIders have a negative effect on traffic lights and sometimes actaully make the red lights last longer or the green lights shorter. Oddly SLIders have no effect on yellow lights whatsoever.
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You must be careful when doing this. If you are standing in the street /road you can get a ticket for obstructing traffic. You must be on the shoulder/curb to be out of traffic.
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Sometimes they work at night.\nIt's not always obvious.\nAs long as the sign is there, without a time qualifier (eg "8AM to 5 PM), you can get a ticket for not driving the reduced speed.
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Yes. "A person shall not operate a motor vehicle with a colored transparent or translucent substance or material installed, affixed or applied on or in front of the head lamps, the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combinations of the head lamps, driving lamp or passing lamp that would obstruct, reduce or interfere with the visibility or effectiveness of the head lamps or that would change the color of light emitted. This paragraph does not prohibit the placement of clear transparent material mounted in front of the head lamps, fog lamps or auxiliary driving lamps."
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report him???  i see it all the time.  i've seen cops put their lights on and go through a red light then turn it off after they go through...i have seen them speed and go under the speed limit.  this can cause accidents too.  \n\nyou may want to write in the complaint without your return address and make sure to put down the cars #, exact location, crime, etc.
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Your question is fairly broad, but probable cause is developed with the given situation, and can be progressive as that situation develops. Let's say, for example, you are driving a car and the officer notice's that you are driving erratically, (left of center, off the roadway edge, weaving, ect.) and becauses of his/her observances, makes a traffic stop. When the officer reaches your door and requests your drivers license, insurance, registration, he/she will also be looking about the interior of your vehicle for what is in plain view or odors. After all, traffic stops are dangerous for the officer making the stop. Usually the officer does not know the person he's stopped and it's unknown if there are weapons in the vehicle, and there is always the risk of the officer getting hit by another motorist driving by and gawking at what's happening. \n      The manor in which your were driving will be a good indicator that the driver of the vehicle is impaired in some way, be it alcohol or drugs, and the officer will most likely request you to exit the vehicle to submit to field sobriety tests, especially if the officer notices the odor of marijuana on your breath, or coming from you vehicle or if he notices any drug items in plain view. (Odors and items in plain view are probable cause.) Three common tests are given: Horizontal Gaze and Nystagmus, One Leg Stand and the Walk and Turn.   The one leg stand and walk and turn tests can actually be practiced by a person in an alterted state, however, the horzontal gaze and nystagmus is an involuntary body reaction and cannot be practiced. The officer will instruct you to follow his finger or a pen, moving your eyes only. What he/she will be watching for is the lack of smooth pursuit of the eyes. If a person is intoxicated or using drugs, the eyes will jerk back and forth as the person is trying to follow the movement of the pen. This test is not a 100% guarantee that the person is drunk or on drugs, but is a real good indicator. All states require licensed drivers to submit to a secondary test as a condidition of holding a drivers license, and failure to submit to such secondary test usually is a mandatory suspension of your driving privileges. Each law enforcement agency designates in their policy and procedures manual which secondary test will be given.... blood, breath or urine. Should the officer test you by breath and the test result is "0", the officer may request you to submit to a blood test or urine test. If you refuse which you have a right to do, the officer will need to obtain a search warrant for your blood or urine, and his probable cause for the search warrant would be the manor in which you were driving, the results of the field sobriety tests, his/her observances inside your vehicle, any smells that were noticed and the result of the intoximeter's test result. \n      There are so many varibles that come into play it's difficult to answer you with out being so long winded and more specific information in your question. Hopefully I have helped you in some way.
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YES, me and my friend were driving and all the sudden up in the sky a bright yellow light  flew across the sky, kind of like a shooting star, but then it stopped and hoverd for like a second and then shot straight down, when it seemed like it should have hit the ground there was a bright flash of light. this was almost two years ago, it sucks because you had to be there to see how weird it was, and its impossible to get people to take you seriously, so i kinda just let it go
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Since the wavelength of green light is 530nm and  red light is 630nm (I'm generalizing),\nv = 0.17c = 0.17 × (3 × <10 to the 5th power> ) × (60 × 60) = 185 × <10 to the 6th power> kph.\nSo unless the fine is a percentage of one cent per mile per hour over the speed limit, it's gonna be steep.
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Traffic violations mostly
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if it is yellow, it is more that likely a video out post to connect to an external video in source
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If you truly ran a red light pay your fine and get over it , also think twice before doing it again, people get killed everyday because of someone who thought they could make it before traffic started moving from the other direction.