] Beginning July 1, Tennessee motorcyclists can legally run
] red lights -- if they stop first and "exercise due care"
] -- under a bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
]
] Motorcyclists had complained they were forced to wait
] excessive periods of time at stop lights because sensors
] that control the lights did not recognize motorcycles,
] which are now made mostly of aluminum and fiberglass, not
] metal.

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