Traffic lights

[kitkat28]

Hey, I don't know if anyone can help.

I may have accidently gone over on a red light (I thought it was amber and I was pretty much over the line, going 30mph and the road was very wet) and I was wondering if anyone knew the penalty or the cost of a fine.

[soprano]

3 pts

[SS2.]

and £60.. (if you were to accept a Conditional Offer)

[Jeremy Kyle]

are you sure the lights had a camera? im sure some of the boxes on top of traffic lights are not real cameras??

[tvrgit]

Jeremy Kyle said:

are you sure the lights had a camera? im sure some of the boxes on top of traffic lights are not real cameras??

None of the boxes on the top of traffic lights are cameras - they are radar detectors to call or extend the signal timings.

[kitkat28]

It did have a camera

[Jeremy Kyle]

so the camera is not the thing at the top of the pic? the camera is the circled thing?

Edited by Jeremy Kyle on Friday 28th September 16:11

[Puddenchucker]

Did you actually notice it flash?

[Puddenchucker]

Jeremy Kyle said:

does anyone know which is the camera on these lights the circled one in red or the one at the top? im sure the thing at the top is on 90% of lights.

The Circled one is the Traffic Light Gatso.

[SS2.]

Puddenchucker said:

The Circled one is the Traffic Light Gatso.

Aye. One of these:

[EU_Foreigner]

pray for no film ...

[Burgmeister]

it amazes me the amount of people that think there are cameras on top of traffic lights

[kitkat28]

There is a thingy on top of the traffic lights were I am and yes it flashed but I'm not sure how many times.

[tvrgit]

Puddenchucker said:

Jeremy Kyle said:

does anyone know which is the camera on these lights the circled one in red or the one at the top? im sure the thing at the top is on 90% of lights.

The Circled one is the Traffic Light Gatso.

And it's not fixed to the traffic lights - that photo is looking aunder the lights at the separate gatso behind.

The thing on top is the radar detector I described earlier - that IS fixed to the lights.

[over_the_hill]

Did the camera flash - if not then no problems.
Was there another car behind you ? Did that set off the camera ?

If ther is another car behind you and you set off the camera you can claim that you continued to avoid being shunted.

[Jeremy Kyle]

tvrgit said:

Puddenchucker said:

Jeremy Kyle said:

does anyone know which is the camera on these lights the circled one in red or the one at the top? im sure the thing at the top is on 90% of lights.

The Circled one is the Traffic Light Gatso.

And it's not fixed to the traffic lights - that photo is looking aunder the lights at the separate gatso behind.

The thing on top is the radar detector I described earlier - that IS fixed to the lights.

cheers for clearing that up. i take it the lights which have the CCTV type cameras sticking out (with the radar) are the ones which can "get" you?

[Puddenchucker]

Jeremy Kyle said:

cheers for clearing that up. i take it the lights which have the CCTV type cameras sticking out (with the radar) are the ones which can "get" you?

To the best of my knowledge, these are the only unmanned/automated devices approved to detect red Traffic light offences:

The Gatso, as shown in the posts above.

The Traffiphot III


And the Monitron Red Speed, which doubles as both a speed camera and a red-light camera:

[kitkat28]

So what was it that flashed as I went over?

It was accidental on my behalf, I know I can sit here and say that but I believed it to have just changed to amber was pretty much over the line on a wet road when it was still raining going at 30mph. There wasn't anyone behind me so admittedly I could have stopped.