Proper procedure?
Discussion
I had a slightly unusual situation at a 'T' yesterday that despite hunting through the highway code I haven't found a definitive answer to.
The junction is a 'T' controlled by traffic lights, with a box junction within the controlled area but only along the top of the T. I approached from the left of the T junction on green lights and had crossed the stop line but not yet entered the box when an ambulance that was waiting at the red light on the joining road put on its blues and sirens. I stopped where I was before the box and let the ambulance turn right and go through the junction ahead of me. By the time it had cleared the junction the lights in my direction had changed to red, but the joining traffic hadn't started moving. Should I have continued through the (clear) box and red light as I was already over the stop line, or stayed put between the stop line and the flow of the junction to wait for the next green light?
To add interest I was on a motorbike under instruction and my instructor told me to proceed through the junction against the now red light before the joining traffic got moving. My instinct was to stay put and if I had been in a car I would have waited for the next green.
(ETA while new to bikes I have many years car driving experience so this is a more general question)
The junction is a 'T' controlled by traffic lights, with a box junction within the controlled area but only along the top of the T. I approached from the left of the T junction on green lights and had crossed the stop line but not yet entered the box when an ambulance that was waiting at the red light on the joining road put on its blues and sirens. I stopped where I was before the box and let the ambulance turn right and go through the junction ahead of me. By the time it had cleared the junction the lights in my direction had changed to red, but the joining traffic hadn't started moving. Should I have continued through the (clear) box and red light as I was already over the stop line, or stayed put between the stop line and the flow of the junction to wait for the next green light?
To add interest I was on a motorbike under instruction and my instructor told me to proceed through the junction against the now red light before the joining traffic got moving. My instinct was to stay put and if I had been in a car I would have waited for the next green.
(ETA while new to bikes I have many years car driving experience so this is a more general question)
Edited by Tanguero on Monday 5th September 13:14
I am not so much asking about what is safest, as obviously that depends on the traffic and timing at the time, but what the legality is of staying within the junction versus proceeding through the far red light. Point taken that the prohibition is on passing the stop line with a red light showing, but what would a red light camera do in the circumstances?
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