Lawmakers are considering giving Utah drivers a green light to run red lights — at times of extremely low travel when no other cars are present, and after coming to a full stop.
“This is a safe on red bill. It’s not a run-a-red-light bill,” said its sponsor, Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan.
He wrote it after a complaint from Brian Tenney of South Jordan. Tenney said he was waiting at an intersection where a red light would not change — probably because traffic had been shifted because of construction, so the sensor did not detect his car.