Legal Question in Traffic Law in Michigan

flashing yellow

is it illegal to stop at a flashing yellow light? or is is just cause for to pull someone over in suspicion to drunk driving


Asked on 5/07/07, 3:21 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

William Morrison Action Defense Center

Re: flashing yellow

Would it be correct to say that you were fully stopped at a flashing yellow light in the mistaken belief that it would eventually turn red?

Well, that's not necessarily illegal, but it does give the officer probable cause to suspect that you were drunk.

William Morrison

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Answered on 5/07/07, 8:27 pm


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