The colors of Truth. Obeying traffic laws is important to the flow of traffic in a safe and proper manner. Obeying the intent of the law is important and this bring up traffic lights, in particular yellow lights. You are traveling down road and the traffic light turns yellow. You must decide whether to attempt to stop, knowing that you must stop before the white line, or to proceed through the intersection.
Timing is everything.
The law states that we must try to safely bring our vehicle to a stop, and if we determine that we cannot, then we must travel through the intersection with caution. Stopping abruptly, could endanger oneself, as vehicles behind you may not be assuming that you will be stopping. The greatest danger to traveling through a yellow light, is the possibility that someone traveling in the opposite direction is about to make a left hand turn in front of you, and assumes that you will stop for the light. First of all, an important point of reference is the white line, that you must stop at in the intersection. Traveling through this line, determines if you went through a yellow or red light relative to the intersection.