Traffic Lights Failure (stuck on red)... What To Do?

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A couple of weeks ago I was at the front of the queue at the traffic lights on red. I waited 15 minutes for the lights to change and saw the system go through several sequences of letting the traffic out from the left and right junction. By this time there was a huge build up of traffic in both lanes behind, the lights had obviously gone faulty.
Is it legal to go ahead with caution and ignore these lights?
 
Moral Ethos said:
No. It is not. You should contact the Gardaí.
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By your logic then the original poster should have waited for several hours while the Gardai and the Council fixed the traffic lights.

A little common sense would suggest that you proceed with caution through the junctions as you would if the lights were completely broken or all flashing amber.
 
If lights are stuck on red at a junction and having given resonable time to assess the situation, you may proceed with caution.
 
Not in this situation as the lights were giving greens to the other roads. Proceeding would have been very dangerous.
 
Taken from the RSA's Marking guidelines for Driving Testors and Instructors

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