Do you stop at Traffic Light at Mid-Night When it Turns Red?

The traffic light is quite useful in my place during daytime bcoz of the traffic congestion before and after office hour. When come to night time especially the deep night you could hardly find any vehicles on the road. So robber used to take this opportunity to hunt for his victim in certain deserted and dark junction. He even breaks into your locked car by smashing your window glass. I think I’ll not stop at such junction when traffic light turn red of course I’ll make sure there is no car crossing. I think it’s better to switch off the traffic light for several hours during mid-night so as to avoid robbery.

If I was stopped at a red light in a bad area I would wait for the green light but I will be prepared to go through the red light if someone approaches my vehicle. You have to always be ready.

ya i stopped at them. I've only went trought it a few times no because it is too late or anything, but it is the local technology that only turn green that senses cars. I was riding my motorcycle at that time. It never turn green because it not a CAR. Funny right...

As a good citizen guess we suppo.se to gradually stop whenever seeing the traffice light turns yellow, no matter what time it is... ha...ha...On anothr hand thought we are having those traffice lights equipped with sensors nowadays? Especially in the deserted areas after midnight, where the traffice lights will automatically turn green when "senses" no vehicles from the other directions. However,if we are so unfortunate to stay at areas with only the "senseless" traffic lights, guess I'll do the same when friving after late night - to slow down a bit when reaching the traffic light, at the same time looking aroung to see if there are other vehicles coming from other directions. If none, I'll just "zoom..." head on! This is also to prevent being marked as aother tragedic victim. That is of course when I was driving awake and not sleepy or drawsy... ha...ha...

Hello dear cheongyc. If I were in your case, I would also drive on without having to wait for the light to turn into green since that is a deserted junction of the part of the city. But I would still have a look around to see if there were some cars coming back and forth so there was no danger for me to drive on. I would rather stay far away from the robbers than stay there waiting if it were safe for me to ride forward. There is one thing that I am thinking about your situation then. Was there a hidden camera there to take photos of those who broke the traffic rule? If yes, I guess that you would have been fined for breaking the rule. If not, then you were lucky. Why do I say so? It is because right now there are more and more hidden camera installed in the place where the lights are installed in most of the cities in China to make sure that drivers keep the traffic rule. Stay safe and keep the rule while driving, my dear friend.

I am very sure I will stap at the traffic light at mid night when it turns red because I don't want to violate the traffic rules even at the mid night. But I will keep all my car doors locked. If there is any suspected people approaching my car then I will not waiting untill the traffic light turns green.

hello there..well when i was younger i neevr did..i breezed right threw them..then one night we were out and i did it and ig ot so busted! Nice little ticket to remeber it by lol..so now i always stop..no matter what..ya never know when those sneakies are hiding somewhere! lol

Yes you have to stop! Just because it is late doesn't mean anything. You always have to stop. You could kill someone. And if you are that tired that you fall asleep at the stop light, then you shouldn't be driving.

If it's in a bad area I would stop at the red light and wait but as I'm waiting if I see someone coming to approach my car I would use caution and go through it.

No, I would not run a red light, even if I was the only one around. I always drive with my doors locked. If someone did try to rob me I would def. run it to get away. But other than that I would wiat patiently for it to change. I know it wouldnt take long.

When I was a teenage girl there was a time when I went to my job every night while still going to high school in the day. After keeping this up for several months , I got very tired and one time on the way home from work (about 3 am), I pulled very carefully up to a red light and stopped, looked both ways, and as there was no traffic from either side, I drove on. Half a block later, I realized two things: 1) That was a stop light, not a stop sign, and 2) there was a police car behind me! Well! I had to get home and get some sleep and not be late for school in the morning, so I took a chance. I turned the car lights off and turned at the next street and then another, and mid-block pulled into someone's driveway behind a hedge, and kept my head down. I was very lucky because the police car went slowly up and down the nearby streets for a little while but then gave up and drove away. I did not mean to go through the stop light while it was red, but when one is tired it is possible to do very stupid things. After that I quit the job because if I had been caught it would have cost all the money I earned from that job just to pay the traffic ticket, and I probably would have lost my license to drive and then would have had to quit the job anyway. As they say on TV, "Do not try this at home!" I would not recommend anyone else to try this! It is just that once a very long time ago when it was very late and I was very tired, this did happen to me.

My husband always obeying that becaue he wants to set example to me. I did not drive yet but i am learning. I think we should obey the rules of the traffic to avoid accidents.