Is red light camera sensor active if right lane green light?
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My wife was travelling home from work quite late on Monday and accidentally drove through a red light at a crossroads. She assures me that it was a lapse of concentration and she mistook the green "right turn only" light as her light and went straight through. As it was late, there weren't any other cars around and no accident was caused. It was dark and she said she didn't notice any flash, but I am aware that some red light cameras use infra-red instead.
It's a slightly unusual junction. Right turns go first, followed by those travelling straight on and turning left. But as there is an island for pedestrians, the cars in the right lane have to actually veer across the central lane to go around the island, before they can actually turn right.
She was travelling down the middle lane and went straight ahead, and when she noticed the green light was for right turn only, it was too late to stop without ending up in the middle of the crossroads. She assures me that she wasn't speeding (to be honest, I rarely ever notice her speed), and she just misread the lights on her approach.
My questions are:
1. Would you expect this time of camera to flash?
2. Would the red light camera sensors under the road be active when right turns are going? From what I know, they only activate when the lights are red, but I'm unsure if each lane is independent.
3. If/When she receives a NIP, what is the likelihood that she will be offered a course instead of 3 points? It's her first offence, but she's only been driving for 8 months. Most websites say a course is only offered if you went through the light within 3 seconds of it turning red, which she definitely didn't. In theory, she went through it about 10 seconds too early, as it was due to turn green next.
Thank you.
It's a slightly unusual junction. Right turns go first, followed by those travelling straight on and turning left. But as there is an island for pedestrians, the cars in the right lane have to actually veer across the central lane to go around the island, before they can actually turn right.
She was travelling down the middle lane and went straight ahead, and when she noticed the green light was for right turn only, it was too late to stop without ending up in the middle of the crossroads. She assures me that she wasn't speeding (to be honest, I rarely ever notice her speed), and she just misread the lights on her approach.
My questions are:
1. Would you expect this time of camera to flash?
2. Would the red light camera sensors under the road be active when right turns are going? From what I know, they only activate when the lights are red, but I'm unsure if each lane is independent.
3. If/When she receives a NIP, what is the likelihood that she will be offered a course instead of 3 points? It's her first offence, but she's only been driving for 8 months. Most websites say a course is only offered if you went through the light within 3 seconds of it turning red, which she definitely didn't. In theory, she went through it about 10 seconds too early, as it was due to turn green next.
Thank you.
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