The reason is that it is not considered as dangerous as driving towards red.
A red or golden light run today leads to a fine of SEK 3,000.
However, the prosecutor has now decided that the crimes should be separated.
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What is thus starting to apply February 21 is that the new fine for driving towards yellow will be SEK 2,000, a reduction of a thousand dollars.
It will continue to cost SEK 3,000 to drive towards red.
In red light driving, you also run the risk of receiving a driver’s license.
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This applies
Regardless of the situation, you should stop at red light while at yellow light should stop, but only if it can be done in a road -safe way.
– When multi -color signal shows red, there is no doubt that it is dangerous to travel past the stop line or equivalent. When the signal shows yellow, the traffic danger is not as evident as there is a margin in relation to when other traffic comes out at the intersection. That is why a differentiation is made between these two situations, ”Johan Bülow, Chamber Prosecutor at Development Center, previously stated in a press release previously According to SVT.