30. (1) Where traffic sign number RTS 001, RTS 002, RTS 003, RTS 004, RTS 013 or RTS 015 (referred to in these Regulations as "traffic lights") is provided, a person shall not drive a vehicle past the traffic lights, or past traffic sign number RRM 017 (stop line) where such sign is provided in association with the traffic lights when the red lamp of the traffic light is illuminated.

(2) A driver of a vehicle approaching traffic lights in which a non-flashing amber light is illuminated, shall not drive the vehicle past the traffic lights, or past traffic sign number RRM 017 (stop line) when such sign is provided in association with the traffic lights, save when the vehicle is so close to the traffic lights that it cannot safely be stopped before passing the traffic lights or traffic sign number RRM 017.

(3) (a) A driver of a vehicle facing traffic sign number RTS 001, RTS 002, RTS 003, RTS 013 or RTS 015 in which the green lamp is illuminated may proceed beyond the traffic lights, or beyond traffic sign number RRM 017 (stop line) if such traffic sign is provided in association with the traffic lights, provided no other road user is endangered and subject to compliance with the relevant provisions of articles 8 and 29.

(b) When traffic lights contain green lamps which indicate a directional arrow, a driver of a vehicle wishing to proceed in accordance with paragraph (a) in the direction indicated by the arrow may do so when such lamp is illuminated.

(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of article 10 (5)(b)(i), where traffic light RTS 003 contains a flashing amber lamp which indicates a directional arrow, a driver of a vehicle wishing to proceed in accordance with paragraph (a) in the direction indicated by the arrow may do so when such lamp is illuminated on an intermittent basis and subject to yielding right of way to all vehicles using an adjacent cycle track that are approaching the junction.

(4) Where an amber lamp in traffic sign number RTS 001 is illuminated on an intermittent basis, a driver of a vehicle may only proceed past the traffic light or where traffic sign number RRM 017 (stop line) is provided in association with traffic lights, past such sign, where right of way is yielded to any pedestrian who has commenced crossing the roadway at the traffic lights.

(5) (a) Where traffic sign number RTS 004 is provided in advance of traffic sign number RUS 026 (yield / Géill Slí) or traffic sign number RRM 018 (yield line) or both, a driver of a vehicle may proceed past the traffic light when the amber directional arrow at the lower level of the lights is illuminated on an intermittent basis subject to compliance with the provisions of article 21.

(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of article 10 (5)(b)(i), where traffic sign number RTS 004 is provided in association with traffic sign number RRM 017 (stop line), a driver of a vehicle may proceed past the traffic light or traffic sign RRM 017 in the direction indicated by the lowest amber arrow when it is illuminated on an intermittent basis, subject to yielding right of way to all vehicles using an adjacent cycle track that are approaching the junction, provided no other road user is endangered and subject to compliance with the relevant provisions of article 8.

(6) The prohibition referred to in sub-article (1) does not apply to pedal cyclists or to e-moped and electric scooter drivers where traffic sign RUS 026A is provided in association with the traffic lights. Pedal cyclists and e-moped and electric scooter drivers may proceed in the direction indicated on traffic sign RUS 026A provided no other road user is endangered and subject to compliance with the relevant provisions of article 8.

(7) In this article—

(a) "red lamp" in sub-article (1) includes a red lamp on traffic sign number RTS 002 which, when illuminated, indicates a red directional arrow, a red directional U-Turn arrow or the word "BUS", in red,

(b) "non-flashing amber light" in sub-article (2) includes non-flashing amber lamps on traffic sign number RTS 002 which, when illuminated, indicate an amber directional arrow, an amber directional U-Turn arrow or the word "BUS", in amber, and includes a non-flashing amber lamp on traffic sign number RTS 004 which, when illuminated, indicates an amber directional arrow, and

(c) "green lamp" in sub-article (3) includes green lamps on traffic sign number RTS 002 which, when illuminated, indicate a green directional arrow, a green directional U-Turn arrow or the word "BUS", in green.]