The laws regarding red lights in Alaska
The risk of running a red light
Final word
The laws regarding red lights in Alaska
It should not come as any surprise that you must always stop at and remain stopped at any red light when you are driving anywhere in the country or world. This obviously includes Alaska. However, sometimes you might not be paying attention and accidentally drive through a red light. Maybe you were trying to clear an intersection while the light was still yellow, and you ended up driving through a red light.
Regardless of the circumstance, you will quite likely be caught, even though the state does not use red-light cameras. When you are caught, there will be penalties. In Alaska, getting a red-light ticket will mean that you will be fined up to a hundred and fifty dollars. However, you will also get four points added to your driver’s license which will likely mean that your insurance premiums will increase by about ten percent for the period of time that the points stay on your license. In Alaska, the points will stay on your license for two years.
The risk of running a red light
Running a red light is obviously extremely risky and dangerous. In some circumstances it can be more dangerous than other moving violations such as speeding. People on the sides of the light who have green drive with the assumption that other drivers at or coming to the red lights will stop. The result can be a horrific accident.
Typically, accidents when someone runs a red-light are a type called a T-bone accident where one driver smashes into the side of another’s vehicle which puts the driver or passengers of the vehicle being hit on the side at tremendous risk of injury or death as airbags will do little or nothing to protect them from impact. In the United States, from 2012 through 2017, two people per day were killed by people who did not obey red lights.
Final word
Getting a red-light ticket in Alaska will cost you money through fines as well as through increased insurance premiums. If that is not enough reason never to go through a red light in Alaska, you should consider the grave risk you take for yourself, anyone in your car or anyone else on the road when you do so. You could end up causing a T-bone accident in which the risk for injury or death is exceptionally high. Word to the wise, always stop at red lights and stay stopped until they turn green.
