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Red light zones

Can you let me know if one can legally go through a temporary red light at a road works that is failing to change to green and there is no oncoming traffic?

Asked on 17 April 2010 by R.F., via e-mail

Answered by Honest John
Sensibly, yes. But not legally, no. Some jobsworth employed by Brown's Department of Penalty Culture could leap out of the hedge and do you.
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