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Rio de Janeiro officials told drivers last week they may run red lights at night because of a rash of carjackings and robberies at the city’s stoplights.
“You won’t be fined if you go through a red light from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.,” said Rio traffic department spokesman Ivan Lima Alves.
“This is our way of dealing with the growing number of holdups at stoplights.”
Even violence-weary residents of Brazil’s second-largest city were shocked by last weekend’s attacks on drivers, which left three dead and 13 injured.
Some attackers have been known to shoot at cars that try to escape.
