Traffic light went into oncoming lane

Traffic light went into oncoming lane

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manchester12345

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25 posts

145 months

Monday 16th December 2024
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Had a stupid moment at traffic lights was going straights and ended up on the right in the oncoming traffic lane. Realised after I went through. Luckily there was no cars oncoming. There is a cctv dome canera that says 24 hours surveillance for crime and traffic enforcement. Am I likely to get done for this what would I expect fine how many points

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11,405 posts

50 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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manchester12345 said:
Had a stupid moment at traffic lights was going straights and ended up on the right in the oncoming traffic lane. Realised after I went through. Luckily there was no cars oncoming. There is a cctv dome canera that says 24 hours surveillance for crime and traffic enforcement. Am I likely to get done for this what would I expect fine how many points
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Dashnine

1,577 posts

64 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Unless you went past No Entry signs at the junction I don’t think you’ve done anything (legally) wrong. It’s not illegal to drive on the other side of the road (overtaking, to cross into another road, to park, etc,).

Alex Z

1,760 posts

90 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Dashnine said:
Unless you went past No Entry signs at the junction I don’t think you’ve done anything (legally) wrong. It’s not illegal to drive on the other side of the road (overtaking, to cross into another road, to park, etc,).
Accidentally drove on the wrong side of the road heading towards oncoming traffic.
How is that not driving without due care and attention?

Dashnine

1,577 posts

64 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Alex Z said:
Dashnine said:
Unless you went past No Entry signs at the junction I don’t think you’ve done anything (legally) wrong. It’s not illegal to drive on the other side of the road (overtaking, to cross into another road, to park, etc,).
Accidentally drove on the wrong side of the road heading towards oncoming traffic.
How is that not driving without due care and attention?
If you hit something it probably is, if you don’t….

Is cutting the corner on a RH bend with clear visibility when nothings coming, driving without due care?

V8LM

5,385 posts

223 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Dashnine said:
If you hit something it probably is, if you don’t….

Is cutting the corner on a RH bend with clear visibility when nothings coming, driving without due care?
The OP possibly crossed a solid white line, in which case it could be.

Alex Z

1,760 posts

90 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Dashnine said:
Alex Z said:
Dashnine said:
Unless you went past No Entry signs at the junction I don’t think you’ve done anything (legally) wrong. It’s not illegal to drive on the other side of the road (overtaking, to cross into another road, to park, etc,).
Accidentally drove on the wrong side of the road heading towards oncoming traffic.
How is that not driving without due care and attention?
If you hit something it probably is, if you don’t….

Is cutting the corner on a RH bend with clear visibility when nothings coming, driving without due care?
That’s deliberately driving on the other side, having checked it’s safe to do so.

The OP did this completely by accident, “stupidly” in their own words.

Decky_Q

1,793 posts

191 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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There was no traffic and the OP accidentally went round the wrong side of a bollard or some other traffic divider, there was no other traffic so not a problem this time imo.

danashby

352 posts

61 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Pica-Pica

15,151 posts

98 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Decky_Q said:
There was no traffic and the OP accidentally went round the wrong side of a bollard or some other traffic divider, there was no other traffic so not a problem this time imo.
I was on a bus a few months ago. The bus had stopped at a bus stop, so some clown overtook the bus by going round a bollard and driving on the other side of the road. Accident? In this case it was deliberate, in OP’s case it was lack of attention.

boyse7en

7,535 posts

179 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Pica-Pica said:
Decky_Q said:
There was no traffic and the OP accidentally went round the wrong side of a bollard or some other traffic divider, there was no other traffic so not a problem this time imo.
I was on a bus a few months ago. The bus had stopped at a bus stop, so some clown overtook the bus by going round a bollard and driving on the other side of the road. Accident? In this case it was deliberate, in OP’s case it was lack of attention.
If the bollard had a Keep Left arrow on it then going to the right of it would be in the wrong. If there is no sign, and the driver didn't negatively affect other road users, then I doubt it would be an issue.

Sebring440

2,698 posts

110 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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danashby said:
Yes, OP definitely has a problem, and this problem has nothing to do with his driving (if he even does drive).

martinbiz

3,574 posts

159 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Pica-Pica said:
in OP’s case it was lack of attention.
So there we are, a possible offence would be driving without due car and ATTENTION. Lots of offences are accidental, or due to a momentary lack of concentration and plenty of tickets are issued for the same

Mabbs9

1,395 posts

232 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Pica-Pica said:
Decky_Q said:
There was no traffic and the OP accidentally went round the wrong side of a bollard or some other traffic divider, there was no other traffic so not a problem this time imo.
I was on a bus a few months ago. The bus had stopped at a bus stop, so some clown overtook the bus by going round a bollard and driving on the other side of the road. Accident? In this case it was deliberate, in OP’s case it was lack of attention.
I was on a bus that did this recently. I was about to get off and asked the driver what he was doing. He just said if he'd stayed on the correct side of the bollard then he'd have to wait (about 30secs by the way). Scary decision making.

KAgantua

4,658 posts

145 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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2020vision

470 posts

10 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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manchester12345 said:
Had a stupid moment at traffic lights was going straights and ended up on the right in the oncoming traffic lane. Realised after I went through. Luckily there was no cars oncoming. There is a cctv dome canera that says 24 hours surveillance for crime and traffic enforcement. Am I likely to get done for this what would I expect fine how many points
Unlikely.
You need to take more care perhaps.

48k

15,066 posts

162 months

Tuesday 17th December 2024
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Yet another pointless troll post from the OP.