Does a vehicle entering a controlled intersection with a green light have the right of way over vehicles facing a red light?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Singh v. British Columbia (Public Safety), 2013 BCSC 923 (CanLII):
As Grauer J. observed in Haczewski v. British Columbia, 2012 BCSC 380, at para. 12, no statute need be cited for the general proposition that a vehicle entering a controlled intersection with a green light has the right of way over vehicles facing the red light. However, what is the situation where the vehicle with the red light is a police car responding to an emergency?
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