Don't race yellow lights please

[geckoGT]

I am not posting this to discuss the legallities of racing yellows, when it is safe to run a red etc. There have been enough threads on this and they always end in closure and that will not help with the message.

I am posting this to put this incident in your mind when you are considering if it is safe to proceed against a yellow or not, this can be the result.

Serious crash, Runcorn: Officers from the Forensic Crash Unit are investigating a serious crash which occurred on Beenleigh Road at Runcorn about 6.05 last night. From initial inquiries it appears a white Subaru Forrester travelling south on Beenleigh Road has driven through the intersection of Nathan Terrace against a red light and collided with a Magna station wagon. The Subaru has then rolled before colliding with a woman who was on the pedestrian crossing. The 22-year-old pedestrian was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with critical injuries. The 24-year-old female driver of the Subaru and the 53-year-old female driver of the Magna were both taken to QEII Hospital with serious injuries

This is the QLD Police media release regarding an accident that I attended yesterday. My partner and I were the initial Paramedic crew on scene and I had to deal with the pedestrian that was in the wrong place at the wrong time and is now in a critical condition. Her life has been seriously messed up by someone else's bad choice.

Please do not allow your bad choice to have this effect on someone else, stay safe.