Originally Posted by Jordan Y.

I ran a red today. Yellow light was at least 1.5 seconds shorter than the rest of the yellows on that road. Admittedly I probably should have stopped but I was driving a fully loaded SUV at about 5 MPH over the speed limit and I prefer to avoid full-on panic stops when I think I can make it through a yellow. Well, my judgment didn't serve me well with this light because it was dangerously short.