Police zeroing in on traffic light enforcement

(TULSA, Okla.) During the month of August, the Tulsa Police Department will focus on red & yellow light violations within the City of Tulsa.   Tulsa Police Traffic Officers and Motorcycle Officers will be randomly monitoring all major intersections within the City of Tulsa during this enforcement action, as these violations are a leading cause of severe and fatal collisions.  A citation issued for a red-light violation carries a fine of $250, a citation issued for a yellow-light violation carries a fine of $200; there will be no warnings issued.   The Tulsa Police Department reminds drivers to remain alert, refrain from using all electronic communication devices, buckle their seatbelts, secure children in a properly installed child restraint system and to pay special attention to all traffic signals.   Violation of a red light is a leading cause of injury collisions in intersections.  The focus of this enforcement action will be primarily on the most dangerous intersections and major commercial/retail corridors throughout the City of Tulsa, with the goal of reducing the frequency and severity of collisions occurring because of traffic light violations.   Title 37 – Tulsa Revised Ordinances (Traffic Code)   Section 606. - Traffic-control signal lights.   Wherever vehicular traffic movement is controlled by an official traffic-control signal light device exhibiting green, yellow or red colored lights successively, such device shall control and be obeyed, as herein provided. B. Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby warned that the red "stop" signal shall be exhibited immediately thereafter and such vehicular traffic shall not be crossing the intersection or signalized location when such red signal is successively exhibited. C. Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection or signalized location, and shall remain standing until the green signal is shown alone, or, while the signal is still red, vehicular traffic may turn right, or turn left from a one-way street into a one-way street, from the appropriate lane after coming to the required stop, unless such turn on red is prohibited by an official sign. Such vehicular traffic making a turn on red shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.