[Vocabulary] pass the traffic light.

[newkeenlearner]

We break speed limits. But, what is the verb for traffic light?
We pass the traffic light.

 

[Phaedrus]

We break speed limits.

We run traffic lights.

E.g.: "He got a ticket for running a red light."

 

[tedmc]

Beat traffic lights.

 

[emsr2d2]

Beat traffic lights.

I've never heard that.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, you'll also hear "He/she shot the lights" meaning "He/she drove off while the light was still red".

 

[tedmc]

I've never heard that.

OK, it is "beat the red light".

http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/7902984537

 

[Tdol]

You can jump a traffic light in BrE.