What is the current state of the law on a left turning driver's obligation to stop at a yellow light?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ishii v. Wong, 2015 BCSC 922 (CanLII):
Section 174 of the Motor Vehicle Act requires a left turning driver to yield to oncoming traffic when it constitutes an immediate hazard. Section 128 of the Motor Vehicle Act requires that a driver facing a yellow light to stop unless the stop cannot be made safely: Lee v. Tse 2013 BCSC 1740 at para. 48.
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