Jumping Frog wrote:
I believe the red light infraction happens when you ENTER the intersection and it is red. If you are past the intersection white stop line so that you are partially or fully in the intersection before the light turns red, then you lawfully exit and clear the intersection.
That is how I learned it from a motorcycle cop who was better versed on the traffic codes than I was. His boiling down to it's essentials was " You cannot Exit an intersection illegally, if you Entered it legally"