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Hello everyone, I'm quite new to Melbourne and just wanted to get some information on traffic light phases. I was approaching a set of lights in Abbotsford, (near Hoddle St I think - can't remember where exactly), and I was astonished at how quickly they turned from amber to red. I thought I had plenty of time to make the orange safely instead of braking abruptly, but before I knew it the light h…