On 2012-10-31, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
In aus.bicycle on 31 Oct 2012 20:32:23 GMT
John Henderson wrote:
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
....
which is the latest change to NSW road rules.
....
If traffic lights change to yellow or red while a
pedestrian or cyclist is crossing the road at the lights,
they may continue to the far side of the road (as
intended).
Penalty: $66

Just what are we paying 66 bucks for?

A road crossing tax

That's for NOT complying with the relevant rule. The mention of
the penalty seems out of place in that context (where you're not
specifically told what you SHOULDN'T do).


So if you stop for a yellow you are fined?

It doesn't even make much sense if you work out the alternatives.
Presumably they want to say "unless you are already in the
intersection you shouldn't cross if the lights are red" but then why
mention yellow?

I blame the English teaching fads of the past couple of generations.
Mrs Parkin would have slapped my palm with a ruler for coming up with
that little gem...

Without having RTFA, I'm guessing it's a delta. A change, added to a
previous clause. The previous clauses all list the exclusions and
allowances, and this just adds another one (a motorvehicle shouldn't
be in the intersection when it turns from *amber* (grrr) to red. It
should have stopped prior, and it shouldn't have entered blocking the
intersection if there wasn't room to exit).

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