BEIJING: Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections when the lights are yellow. While announcing new rules that double the penalty for traffic light violations, officials also have stressed that running a yellow light will now be considered equivalent to running a red one.
Drivers accustomed to considering the yellow light a warning and the red light an imperative have been left confused, wondering how they can stop suddenly for a yellow light. Even the official Xinhua News Agency has joined the criticism. In a “micro-commentary” on its Twitter-like Sina Weibo account, Xinhua cited pioneering physicist Isaac Newton on the difficulty of stopping the momentum of something in motion, saying the new rules are “unreasonable and contrary to Newton’s first law.”
Yellow is the new red on China’s roads
Yellow is the new red on China’s roads
