Red Light Camera- X'mas likely ruined!
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Was driving to leicester today from oxford to view a car.
Got to this busy interjucntion in leicester (A563 lubbesthorpe way) with red traffic light camera.
the light was red at first and as it turned green, it suddenly went back to red in 10 seconds literally.
I was aware of the red light camera presence as i seen it before while i was waiting but sincerelly, in no way i expected the light on the high overhead gantry to turn back so quickly. I was left with no choice but to sudden brake and in doing so, my car front wheels i think overstepped the line by few inches. I cant tell if the car came to a stop while it was still amber.
Dashcam footage of the situation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV2XH19dNXc
Location:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5963946,-1.184994,...
The google streetview looks to be slightly outdated because as you can see the dashcam footage, the camera position has been moved from the right to the left sometime in the past year and in the process, it has been digitised but not recording speeds of drivers. ( https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-... )
According to dailymail, this other side of the very same junction has most active red light camera in the country, catching more than twice as many motorists as its nearest rival.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4059218/T...
I am now going to be spending the next two weeks probably sleepless worrying about if I m going to a handed a fine along with three points.
Any help on what to expect is sincerely welcome.
Got to this busy interjucntion in leicester (A563 lubbesthorpe way) with red traffic light camera.
the light was red at first and as it turned green, it suddenly went back to red in 10 seconds literally.
I was aware of the red light camera presence as i seen it before while i was waiting but sincerelly, in no way i expected the light on the high overhead gantry to turn back so quickly. I was left with no choice but to sudden brake and in doing so, my car front wheels i think overstepped the line by few inches. I cant tell if the car came to a stop while it was still amber.
Dashcam footage of the situation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV2XH19dNXc
Location:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5963946,-1.184994,...
The google streetview looks to be slightly outdated because as you can see the dashcam footage, the camera position has been moved from the right to the left sometime in the past year and in the process, it has been digitised but not recording speeds of drivers. ( https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-... )
According to dailymail, this other side of the very same junction has most active red light camera in the country, catching more than twice as many motorists as its nearest rival.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4059218/T...
I am now going to be spending the next two weeks probably sleepless worrying about if I m going to a handed a fine along with three points.
Any help on what to expect is sincerely welcome.
Edited by jerrin91 on Monday 23 December 17:33
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
And even if you did it really isn't worth worrying about is it?
i know. and i know everyone says this but i try to be extra extra careful when driving and i feel like i was helpless in this situation. and for some strange unknown reason, i always felt that getting points is like getting slapped in the face really hardjerrin91 said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
And even if you did it really isn't worth worrying about is it?
i know. and i know everyone says this but i try to be extra extra careful when driving and i feel like i was helpless in this situation. and for some strange unknown reason, i always felt that getting points is like getting slapped in the face really hard
I've been locked up charged with £2m fraud, and the next week locked up for causing a defective vehicle to cause actual bodily harm. Both charges ran concurrently for months.
That's stress.
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
jerrin91 said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
And even if you did it really isn't worth worrying about is it?
i know. and i know everyone says this but i try to be extra extra careful when driving and i feel like i was helpless in this situation. and for some strange unknown reason, i always felt that getting points is like getting slapped in the face really hardI've been locked up charged with £2m fraud, and the next week locked up for causing a defective vehicle to cause actual bodily harm. Both charges ran concurrently for months.
That's stress.
If it makes you feel any better, Leicestershire offer a course for Red light offences I believe so if you decide to do that instead, no points.
However, looking at the cam footage, you won't get anything.
I was flashed on the M1 in Derbyshire a few weeks ago now, definitely flashed and 99% certain was me. Looked at the courses, got some advice on here... 2 weeks passed and nothing and still nothing now after about 6 weeks. Just because you think you've been caught doesn't mean you have been.
However, looking at the cam footage, you won't get anything.
I was flashed on the M1 in Derbyshire a few weeks ago now, definitely flashed and 99% certain was me. Looked at the courses, got some advice on here... 2 weeks passed and nothing and still nothing now after about 6 weeks. Just because you think you've been caught doesn't mean you have been.
jerrin91 said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
And even if you did it really isn't worth worrying about is it?
i know. and i know everyone says this but i try to be extra extra careful when driving and i feel like i was helpless in this situation. and for some strange unknown reason, i always felt that getting points is like getting slapped in the face really hardone to keep you awake), take a step back, celebrate your good fortune and enjoy the good times while they are here. Party like it’s 1999.
t400ble said:
And thats ruined christmas?!
may sound funny to you my response but yes in the sense that i cant get the thought off my head for next couple of weeks when i should instead be looking forward to xmas and new years.i know others here have said you shouldnt lose sleep over three points but i only have had my license for just over two years and the thought of points, fine, insurance premium hike, awareness course scares me.
what makes it even worse is that i knew already the camera was there and overstepping the line by few inches
QuartzDad said:
That junction is on my commute. If your video resulted in three points I'd have eleventy billion by now.
You'll be fine.
really? thats strange considering they call this partciaulr camera the most activer red light camera in the country. You'll be fine.
thing is i thought how this cameras work is there are sensors on the road that gets triggered if a car oversteps the solid white line even by few inches and this in turn triggers the camera?
The camera goes active maybe 0.7 second after the red light has illuminated, possibly longer.
You were almost certainly stationary before the camera was armed and, even if you were straddling the stop line, the chances of the camera activating are vanishingly small.
Note the camera is triggered by movement, not by the presence of a stationary vehicle over the sensors.
You were almost certainly stationary before the camera was armed and, even if you were straddling the stop line, the chances of the camera activating are vanishingly small.
Note the camera is triggered by movement, not by the presence of a stationary vehicle over the sensors.
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