>>>>>I was told that in some city, I forget where, they paint a square in street corners and if you stop in the square on the red light you are fined. Great idea, if true. Can anyone confirm the story?
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>>>>>TIA,
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>>>>>Alex
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>>>>Frankly, I don't quite understand what kind of rule you are talking about, but anyway why do you consider it a great idea when someone gets fined?
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>>>The goal is not to fine, but to make people obey the rules of the road.
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>>>In my city all too often cars enter an intersection even though traffic on the other side is backed up. When the light changes to red they are caught in the middle, blocking cars that come in the transversal direction from crossing, causing gridlock.
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>>>A white box painted in the intersection would provide a yardstick by which to measure if a car is blocking it as well as a reminder.
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>>>Alex
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>>This rule is well used in NYC and traffic police can issue tickets, but there are situations when car can get stuck due to unforeseen circumstances, i.e. traffic can stop suddenly and one cannot brake on every intersection just because another car in front did not clear it yet. My personal experience is that most drivers are polite/sensible enough to comply with the rule but even full compliance does not prevent from getting into this situation sometimes, i.e. automatic fine is not a good thing, imho.
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>You shouldn't follow a car into the box until its cleared the other side. You can't make a law based on "unforseen circumstances" or everybody would use it as an excuse.

It depends on situation. If you come to an intersection and see that it is crowded already then stopping before it is a good compliance with the rules and it indicates sensibility, but it could be different situation. If you follow another car right before an intersection, do you brake to allow the car in front of you to clear the intersection before you move in?