>> In the UK at least I see a lot of junctions where the instant one 
>> direction changes from amber to red, the other changes from red to 
>> red+amber.
>
> The delay is probably similar to red+amber.
> Are you allowed to go on a red+amber?

Not technically, but the phase is so short (usually 1 second or less) by the 
time you've actually started moving past the light it is on green anyway.

> Yes and no - it depends on where you live.  Some areas are really bad - 
> 10-15 seconds of red light running.

Huh? What do the cars do that are on green?  Here I see max. 1 second red 
light running, and even that is very rare.

> I like that some places actually put in red light cameras - then it is 
> automatic with the ticket, not only when there is a cop around.

Yeh a lot of them here too, although IMO they make the cameras too obvious.

> It's those cars who are trying to get 30 cars ahead that cause the 
> problem.  They think they have the right to drive on the shoulder because 
> they are turning ahead - even to the point where if there is a car parked 
> on the shoulder, they pull back into traffic - they just used the shoulder 
> as a passing lane!

Actually people do that here in Germany quite often when the traffic is 
slow, in fact there are even a few places with signs where it tells you to 
use the shoulder if you are turning off and traffic is slow.  If traffic is 
really slow or stopped then people will often drive for kms on the shoulder 
to get off at the next exit.  I sometimes wonder if any accidents are caused 
by this behaviour, like if someone is turning off and doesn't see someone 
else coming up on the shoulder, but everyone seems to have a similar 
understanding of what's going on.

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