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		Tomte on Feb 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One year of cycling to work No, it isn‘t legal to ignore a red light. How did you get that idea?

kazinator on Feb 20, 2018 [–]

"Going through" a red light is not the same as "ignoring".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

Treating a red light as a stop sign is different from behaving as if it's not there.

In many provinces of Canada, motorists can turn right on a red light after coming to a full stop.

Tomte on Feb 20, 2018 | [–]

Still illegal in Germany.

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