red light........

[batfink79]

my other half got caught yesterday, she misjudged her braking distance and need to apply more pressure to the pedal so anyhoo, went over the line by about three feet and the camera went off, is there a limitation to time elapsing before she receives her NIP? IF she receives it of course, i thought 14 days IIRC

thanks all
Finkers

[Hooli]

i think ive seen on here before that you only get a NIP if the whole car travels over the line. im sure others will turn up to say if this is correct or not shortly.

[Slowly slowly]

Hooli said:

i think ive seen on here before that you only get a NIP if the whole car travels over the line. im sure others will turn up to say if this is correct or not shortly.

I would be keen to know if this is right, a mate of mine keeps telling anybody that will listen that he got 3 points for putting his front wheels over the line when the lights were on red, please tell me it's true(you only get a nip if the whole car goes over the line)

[GreenV8S]

The law is broken if any part of the vehicle crosses the line, but I'd expect the sensor and camera to be positioned to give some margin. That might vary from place to place though. Strictly speaking you're guilty if any part crosses the line.

[streaky]

GreenV8S said:

The law is broken if any part of the vehicle crosses the line, but I'd expect the sensor and camera to be positioned to give some margin. That might vary from place to place though. Strictly speaking you're guilty if any part crosses the line.

Which leads to the issue of crossing the stop line on amber but being flashed in the middle of the junction because the lights turned red in the interim - Streaky

[Mg6b]

streaky said:

GreenV8S said:

The law is broken if any part of the vehicle crosses the line, but I'd expect the sensor and camera to be positioned to give some margin. That might vary from place to place though. Strictly speaking you're guilty if any part crosses the line.

Which leads to the issue of crossing the stop line on amber but being flashed in the middle of the junction because the lights turned red in the interim - Streaky

No issue.


Camera is not live until the light goes red.

[alphadog]

Mg6b said:

streaky said:

GreenV8S said:

The law is broken if any part of the vehicle crosses the line, but I'd expect the sensor and camera to be positioned to give some margin. That might vary from place to place though. Strictly speaking you're guilty if any part crosses the line.

Which leads to the issue of crossing the stop line on amber but being flashed in the middle of the junction because the lights turned red in the interim - Streaky

No issue.


Camera is not live until the light goes red.

Can be a couple of seconds after the red light is displayed to help accomodate long vehicles and the like