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the law says you have to stop at traffic light but they don't because they don't know when to

Traffic lights are generally set up to flash red when they malfunction creating a 4-way stop, however, if there is no power to the lights, then obviously they will not light up. In this case the intersection usually has temporary stop signs placed to manage traffic. If no stop signs are placed, you should still treat it as a 4-way stop, as who is to say which road has the right-away. You might think you dont have to stop, and a car on the intersecting road may feel the same way -- next thing you know. both of you meet in the middle of the intersection in a terrible accident. Who gets the ticket, probably neither of you, but at that point a ticket will be the least of your worries

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