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Committee advances bill letting drivers clear empty red lights if no vehicles are approaching
Summary
A committee approved a bill aimed at reducing idling at red lights by allowing a driver who has stopped at a red signal to proceed if there is no other vehicular traffic approaching the intersection; members debated how to define "approaching."
Senator Allen Clark told the Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs committee the measure is meant to codify a common practice and reduce unnecessary idling at stoplights. "It's a green bill. It's what people are already doing," Clark said, describing the measure as mostly recognition of driver behavior intended to reduce fuel use and emissions.
Under the bill, a driver who…
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