<VV> Red Lights and Gages

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

>     On more modern cars, it's important to distinguish between RED and 
> YELLOW warning lights.  The RED ones, as you say, mean STOP right now, 
> while the YELLOW ones allow you to continue but warn of some impending 
> problem with one (or more) systems, frequently emissions related.

This is the same on European cars, and I gave my daughter, who has just 
passed her driving test, the above information before she drove off solo for 
the first time. On the way out of the gate she screeched to a halt because a 
red light was on.

It was the parking brake warning light, because she hadn't quite released it 
100% so the light was still on.

So the 'stop for a red light rule' works almost all the time.

Almost, but not all!

Cheers

Alan