Red means stop. Green means go - and so does yellow

That's the word from the Minnesota Appeals Court.

The court this week threw out a drunken driving conviction for Justin Kilmer in East Grand Forks.

Kilmer failed sobriety and breath tests after being pulled over for entering an intersection on a yellow light in March 2006.

The court said the DWI had to go because Kilmer's running a yellow light didn't warrant a traffic stop.

The judges examined state statutes going back to 1944 and concluded that it's legal in Minnesota to go on yellow.

Still, they warned against interpreting their decision as blanket permission to cut it close. Officers can still stop yellow light runners for other violations, such as speeding.