Messed up badly (red light)
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I’ve messed up quite badly running a red light and not sure if I have a case to argue for when/if the letter comes through.
Anyway I was sat behind a red light at a junction at around 11pm. I was pretty tired from the day I had and i was also distracted by the gf telling a story. I noticed the car to my left move. For some stupid reason and without realising I assumed it was a green light and drove off. I noticed my error and stoped halfway through the junction and reversed back. Luckily it wasn’t busy otherwise it could have been ugly.
That particular junction has a red light camera however there weren’t any camera flashes. Am I f
ked and secondly if I do get caught do I just suck it up?
Anyway I was sat behind a red light at a junction at around 11pm. I was pretty tired from the day I had and i was also distracted by the gf telling a story. I noticed the car to my left move. For some stupid reason and without realising I assumed it was a green light and drove off. I noticed my error and stoped halfway through the junction and reversed back. Luckily it wasn’t busy otherwise it could have been ugly.
That particular junction has a red light camera however there weren’t any camera flashes. Am I f
ked and secondly if I do get caught do I just suck it up? 
You messed up. We all do it, I accidentslly drove through a red on a roundabout as I was watching the traffic instead of the red.
But the excuses are crap, there is no excuse (for yours or mine) it's bad observation and not focussing on the job in hand.
If you do get a ticket, take it gracefully and learn, if you don't make an offering to the traffic gods for letting you off
But the excuses are crap, there is no excuse (for yours or mine) it's bad observation and not focussing on the job in hand.
If you do get a ticket, take it gracefully and learn, if you don't make an offering to the traffic gods for letting you off
Matt-il77s said:
Some of them measure speed too and only flash if you're over a certain speed, as though you had no intention to stop rather than just rolling over the line
There is no relation between the speed detection and the red light jumping detection if that's what you are suggesting.The two things are independent functions of the cameras that measure both.
Bert
DoodoolTala said:
I’ve messed up quite badly running a red light and not sure if I have a case to argue for when/if the letter comes through.
Anyway I was sat behind a red light at a junction at around 11pm. I was pretty tired from the day I had and i was also distracted by the gf telling a story. I noticed the car to my left move. For some stupid reason and without realising I assumed it was a green light and drove off. I noticed my error and stoped halfway through the junction and reversed back. Luckily it wasn’t busy otherwise it could have been ugly.
That particular junction has a red light camera however there weren’t any camera flashes. Am I fked and secondly if I do get caught do I just suck it up?
Don't beat yourself up. We all do sAnyway I was sat behind a red light at a junction at around 11pm. I was pretty tired from the day I had and i was also distracted by the gf telling a story. I noticed the car to my left move. For some stupid reason and without realising I assumed it was a green light and drove off. I noticed my error and stoped halfway through the junction and reversed back. Luckily it wasn’t busy otherwise it could have been ugly.
That particular junction has a red light camera however there weren’t any camera flashes. Am I f
ked and secondly if I do get caught do I just suck it up? t occasionally I had a stupid habit of pulling right up to if not over the line of a local traffic light. It’s one of those ones that’s on a roundabout, the lights are part time , so if not operating the line is a stupid place to stop as it’s 2 car lengths back from the actual roundabout entrance and visibility is bad looking to the right . One night I went over the line by about 12 inches and something set the camera flash off . I panicked for 2 weeks waiting for a letter but never got one, I would have been stationary for both photos . I’m sure they could have sent one , the stop line is very worn out and not in a natural place so maybe I got lucky
I did once start moving on red-amber, only for it to turn out that the light was for left turn only! Stopped before I conflicted with other road users. I wouldn't have made the mistake if the taxi next to me wasn't sat on the advance stop box, which meant that I was under pressure to move quickly. Still highly embarassing, especially since it's a junction I use fairly regularly.
OP, which part of the country are you? Many Police authorities offer red light awareness courses, similar to the speeding ones. You can easily Google your Plod. The Met still offers them IIRC.
Saves the points, at least.
Secondly, if you find yourself in that situation again, don’t reverse back through the junction. Best to keep going if it’s clear. Remember that the opposing lights will be green and drivers coming across the junction simply won’t be expecting a car to be reversing through it.
Saves the points, at least.
Secondly, if you find yourself in that situation again, don’t reverse back through the junction. Best to keep going if it’s clear. Remember that the opposing lights will be green and drivers coming across the junction simply won’t be expecting a car to be reversing through it.
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