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Red Light Violations

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Odessa’s April 15 "Red for a Reason" campaign resulted in 65 citations in about three hours, most of them for either red light violations or railroad crossing violations. This shows that traffic violations, whether intentional or unintentional, are a problem in our area. Fortunately, there are several things you can do to avoid those small traffic violations, which may lead to a traffic citation.

If the light is about to turn red, if it is safe to do so, stop rather than trying to make it through the intersection.
Come to a complete stop at a stop sign. Do not just slow down or roll almost to a stop and then take off when you see there are no cars coming.
Always use your turn signal when turning or changing lanes. If your turn signal does

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