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No. That's what the law says but not how you drive.

Suppose your 4 seconds from a yellow light traveling at a high speed. You can slam on your breaks and make a very abrupt stop, or you can cruise through that light and continue on your way.

If the light is about to turn red you should probably slam on your breaks, because you risk being t-boned in the intersection.

If you have time to get through the yellow light/before the cross light turns green, you should keep going because slamming on your breaks is mildly dangerous.

The law isn't nuanced enough to understand this, with good reason. You don't want to make a bad call about the safest action made in good faith illegal.