When even traffic lights have decision paralysis...

If you encounter a traffic light where the red, yellow, and green lights illuminate simultaneously (e.g., due to a short circuit, control box malfunction, or bird's nest damage), this is considered a traffic light malfunction. To ensure life safety, please strictly follow these driving principles: 1. Treat it as a 'Red Light' rule: Stop and then proceed. According to our country's traffic safety campaigns and defensive driving concepts, when faced with contradictory and unrecognizable signal situations, you should prioritize treating it as a 'red light' or an 'intersection without signals.' Slow down your vehicle and come to a complete stop before the stop line at the intersection. 2. Observe surrounding traffic flow and conditions on opposing roads. • Look at opposing and cross traffic: Observe if traffic lights in other directions are also malfunctioning, or if they are already stopped or proceeding. • Look left and right: Confirm there are no oncoming vehicles from the sides and no pedestrians crossing the road before considering moving forward. 3. Right-of-way principles for intersections without signals. If it's confirmed that the traffic light at the intersection is completely inoperable and there is no traffic police directing traffic, please yield and proceed cautiously according to the 'right-of-way rules for intersections without signals': • Yield to vehicles on the main road from a side road. • Yield to straight-moving vehicles when turning. • If both vehicles are going straight and have equal right-of-way, the vehicle on the left yields to the vehicle on the right. 4. Actively report to the police. After stopping in a safe location or passing through the intersection, you can call 110 or the local government's citizen hotline (e.g., 1999) to report the issue to the relevant authorities for repair. This helps prevent subsequent vehicles from causing collisions or serious accidents due to unclear signals.