Yellow is the new red on China's traffic lights
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Buy SPH photosBEIJING (AP) - Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections when the lights are yellow.
While announcing new rules that double the penalty for traffic light violations, officials also have stressed that running a yellow light will now be considered equivalent to running a red one.
Drivers accustomed to considering the yellow light a warning and the red light an imperative have been left confused, wondering how they can stop suddenly for a yellow light.
Even the official Xinhua News Agency has joined the criticism.
