amber gambler

amber gambler
a) A driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber, instead of stopping, as required by law, thereby risking having an accident by gambling that no vehicle will cross their path.
b) Similarly, a driver who starts off from the lights when they show red+amber, but not yet green.

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