>**Road Safety Rules 2017** >[**Road Rule 56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow**]([ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/rsrr2017208/s56.html#:~:text=and%20must%20not%20proceed%20past,Penalty%3A%2010%20penalty%20units.)) >(1) A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red traffic light must stop- >(a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic lights - as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line; or >(b) if there is a *stop here on red signal sign* at or near the traffic lights, but no stop line - as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or >(c) if there is no stop line or *stop here on red signal sign* at or near the traffic lights - as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights - >and must not proceed past the stop line, *stop here on red signal sign* or nearest or only traffic lights, until the traffic lights show a green or flashing yellow traffic light or no traffic light. ![[Red Traffic Offence Example.png]] # Traffic control signals Where a traffic control signal is faulty/jammed (e.g. stuck on red for a significant period of time), it has been held in *Turner v Ciappara [1969] VR 851*, that it's not breaching the road rule to go against the signal. Where the traffic lights are showing green in one direction, it is presumed, unless proven otherwise, that the lights in the other direction were showing red, as found in *Wells v Woodward (1956) 54 LGR 142*.