run a red light
verb1
Automotive, Road, Transport, Vehicles Literally To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.
- Corbett is convinced it was a systemic failure: "The Thames Train was driven by a rookie driver who had only just come into the job. It is, in fact, difficult to run through a red light, because you have to cancel the Automatic Warning System (AWS) and so on. But he continued for 700 yards and he accelerated, which no one understands why.2026 March 4, Christian Wolmar, “Railtrack: what really happened”, in RAIL, number 1056, page 53:
- Synonyms
- run a stoplight. run a light