GA is priceless

("Larry Dighera" wrote)
There are alternative solutions:


Yes. Move to Minnesota and ride a motorcycle.

http://www.dps.state.mn.us/mmsc/latest/MMSCHomeSecondary.asp?cid=5&mid=153
(From the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center website)

3. Lisa Asks: Can Motorcyclists Go Through Red Lights?

I was told that if a motorcycle has a red light at a four way stop light,
and there is NO TRAFFIC, it is okay for the motorcyclist to proceed through
the light, regardless of direction, i.e. left turn, straight through the
intersection.
This can't be true, can it?!?

Dear Lisa,
It is only partially true. It's still illegal to blow off a red light, but
if a rider is ticketed for doing so, he or she may have a legal defense. See
below for the full text of the statute, passed in 2003:

http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3203.4&session=ls82
Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.06, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read: Subd. 9.

[AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE RELATING TO UNCHANGING TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.]

(a) A person operating a motorcycle who violates subdivision 4 by entering
or crossing an intersection controlled by a traffic-control signal against a
red light has an affirmative defense to that charge if the person
establishes all of the following conditions:
(1) the motorcycle has been brought to a complete stop;

(2) the traffic-control signal continues to show a red light for an
unreasonable time;

(3) the traffic-control signal is apparently malfunctioning or, if
programmed or engineered to change to a green light only after detecting the
approach of a motor vehicle, the signal has apparently failed to detect the
arrival of the motorcycle; and

(4) no motor vehicle or person is approaching on the street or highway to be
crossed or entered or is so far away from the intersection that it does not
constitute an immediate hazard.

(b) The affirmative defense in this subdivision applies only to a violation
for entering or crossing an intersection controlled by a traffic-control
signal against a red light and does not provide a defense to any other civil
or criminal action.


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