What would you do?

[SirSimon]

Took the car out for a wee drive, around some country roads. And come to some red lights. Waiting between 4-5 mins and they stayed red. Put the car in reverse and came round again flashing my lights. Still nothing... So i slowly go through the red light, as only ive only seen 2 cars at this point and it was safe to do. But lets see there was a red light camera there, would what happen?

Regards,

Edited by SirSimon on Wednesday 12th December 21:18

[tsuiyasu toshiha]

You can go through the red if you have an honest held belief that the traffic light is faulty - though you may be held responsible should you have an accident.

You would need to provide evidence as to why you believe there to be a fault i.e. you were stuck there for several minures.


HTH

[joewilliams]

Were they temporary lights?

There's some near me that do that occasionally (been there 6 months waiting for the road to be repaired...), but luckily you can see the other side and go if it's safe.

[SirSimon]

they are fixed ones. I made sure that there was no traffic camera, plus it was safe to do so. Still abit of a bugger, if something where to happen.

[Hooli]

call the council & report them as faulty in the morning - make a note of who you tell. that way if anything comes of it you've got proof of actions taken in the belief the lights were faulty.

[aw51 121565]

Your local council wil have a 24 hour emergency number, and people 'on call' to respond to stuff like this. Ring them now, don't wait until the morning.

My council's 'emergency control' don't give their names out though (that's their policy as they deal with 'confidential' matters as well as relatively mundane stuff like non-working traffic lights) so don't be surprised if they won't give a name.

You should, however, be able to get a log number in case there are any queries.

[Hooli]

oh didnt realise they'd have a 24hr number for it. thats a good plan that is.