Flashed by red light camera - there is a twist

[UK345]

Tonight i was flashed by a red camera. I was coming in the opposite direction to where the camera is situated and had to take action to avoid something on the road. I went through the light on amber however ended up in the wrong lane in front of the camera. It flashed my front number plate. Am i likely to get done for this ?

[Roo]

You didn't go through the red light the camera is attached to so highly unlikely.

[covboy]

Roo said:

You didn't go through the red light the camera is attached to so highly unlikely.

Unless they thought he was reversing down the road

[HustleRussell]

Swerving not the oncoming lane to avoid something in the road? Sounds like you must've been going pretty fast.

I recently discovered that what I thought was a red light camera is also a speed camera.

[velocefica]

Amber means get ready to stop, if your going full pelt when the lights turn amber then it's probably dangerous to stop suddenly.

[ferrariF50lover]

HustleRussell said:

Swerving not the oncoming lane to avoid something in the road? Sounds like you must've been going pretty fast.

I recently discovered that what I thought was a red light camera is also a speed camera.

Doing 20 and a cat comes from under a car into your path all of 8 feet in front of you. Can't stop, would rather not kill it, swerve? If he'd been going all that fast, the thread would be called 'rolled my car through a red light camera'.

Come on pal, we get enough old bullst from the Speed Kills lobby elsewhere without it invading the last refuge of the sensible, well adjusted adult.

[catman]

velocefica said:

Amber means get ready to stop, if your going full pelt when the lights turn amber then it's probably dangerous to stop suddenly.

It doesn't. It means stop.

[anonymous-user]

catman said:

velocefica said:

Amber means get ready to stop, if your going full pelt when the lights turn amber then it's probably dangerous to stop suddenly.

It doesn't. It means stop.

Amber can mean go.

[BertBert]

It being an offence to go through on amber.

catman said:

velocefica said:

Amber means get ready to stop, if your going full pelt when the lights turn amber then it's probably dangerous to stop suddenly.

It doesn't. It means stop.

[anonymous-user]

V6Pushfit said:

catman said:

velocefica said:

Amber means get ready to stop, if your going full pelt when the lights turn amber then it's probably dangerous to stop suddenly.

It doesn't. It means stop.

Amber can mean go.

Not on its own it can't.

[anonymous-user]

velocefica said:

Amber means get ready to stop, if your going full pelt when the lights turn amber then it's probably dangerous to stop suddenly.

Probably dangerous to be going 'full pelt' approaching lights in the first place. And stupid.

[anonymous-user]

BertBert said:

It being an offence to go through on amber

In that case I'm a many times daily repeat offender and beyond salvation.

If crossing the line amber means continue, which is as good as go.

[Cat]

There appears to be some confusion as to what an amber light actually means. This is what the legislation states

TSRGD said:

the amber signal shall, when shown alone, convey the same prohibition as the red signal, except that, as respects any vehicle which is so close to the stop line that it cannot safely be stopped without proceeding beyond the stop line, it shall convey the same indication as the green signal or green arrow signal which was shown immediately before it

Cat

[jesta1865]

V6Pushfit said:

BertBert said:

It being an offence to go through on amber

In that case I'm a many times daily repeat offender and beyond salvation.

If crossing the line amber means continue, which is as good as go.

me to and i did it once with a copper behind, who got out and in the chat admitted he wasn't expecting me to stop and had to rapidly adjust his braking

[BertBert]

Wow how many times have we done this? It is an offence to cross the amber. Fortunately for all you amber gamblers, there is a stat defence of being ttted by the car behind which is not available for crossing the red.

And the statutory defence is not 'I got away with it last time'.

[HustleRussell]

ferrariF50lover said:

Doing 20 and a cat comes from under a car into your path all of 8 feet in front of you. Can't stop, would rather not kill it, swerve?

Parking cars at junctions is forbidden for this reason, among others.

ferrariF50lover said:

Come on pal, we get enough old bullst from the Speed Kills lobby elsewhere without it invading the last refuge of the sensible, well adjusted adult.

The last refuge of the sensible, well adjusted adult is the right to swerve randomly into the oncoming lane at junctions on solid amber to avoid undisclosed object in the road?

[speedking31]

BertBert said:

Wow how many times have we done this? It is an offence to cross the amber. Fortunately for all you amber gamblers, there is a stat defence of being ttted by the car behind which is not available for crossing the red.

And the statutory defence is not 'I got away with it last time'.

So, to be clear, no matter how close you are to the line when the lights change to amber, if there is nothing behind you and you cross the line then you have committed an offence Please refer to the laws of physics which trump the laws of the road.

[Dammit]

HustleRussell said:

The last refuge of the sensible, well adjusted adult is the right to swerve randomly into the oncoming lane at junctions on solid amber to avoid undisclosed object in the road?

Absolutely, and this inalienable right is being undermined by leftist immigrants.

[Dammit]

Speedking you need to read Cat's post above, which covers exactly the circumstance you have just described.

[speedking31]

I think it's BertBert who needs to read it.