Emergency Vehicle/Red Light Question

[YamFazFan]

That BBC article makes perfect common sense to me. It would be ridiculous to expect motorists to sit there all day when there's clearly a fault with the lights.

But at the same time the authorities have got to show common sense and not fine those drivers for doing so.

That's my exact same gripe with crossing the white line at a red light to allow an ambulance to proceed. Not the action of doing so, but the draconian punishment that may follow doing what seems the common sense thing.