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Sat 20 Dec 2008 15:41 Traffic light cameras - clarification - Rattle |
I have just got through a light on amber as there was a speed/red light camera at the junction and I was worried I may not stop in time and go slightly over the line, I figured it was less risky to go through on amber rather trying to perform an emergency stop in wet conditions (I was only doing 25mph on approach so I wasn't speeding, and I was prepaired to stop it just changed at the last possible second). So I went through the lights on amber and speed up a bit to exist the crossing although I can't see I could have done more than 30. Am I right in thinking this cameras only work if you cross the line when the light is on red? Is there any buffer once its on red? or does the camera trigger the second the light changes to red? I assume the amber light is the buffer in this case. I am just getting paranoid, I have only done 10 miles and must have passed at least 8 cameras. This is not a debate on cameras as this had been done couintless times on here, I just want to know how the red light cameras work for future reference. Thanks. Is it possible to get 6 points from these cameras e.g if you are speeding and go through on red? or is it all counted as one offence? I have read different things on legal forums. I don't speed not jump lights but as humans we all make mistakes and that is what I am worried about. Edited by Rattle on 20/12/2008 at 15:43 Reply | Report as offensive Link |
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Sat 20 Dec 2008 16:50 Traffic light cameras - clarification - LondonBus |
Traffic signal cameras for signal mode only go live when the signals are in their red phase. Gatso cameras take one photo when the vehicle crosses the stop line. And a second photo one second later. If a traffic signal camera is also a speed camera it will be live all the time. Crossing the stop line when the signals are at amber (from green) is not an offence and will no trigger the camera. Reply | Report as offensive Link |
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Sat 20 Dec 2008 16:11 Traffic light cameras - clarification - Hamsafar |
All the pictures I have seen have the lights on red, and have the rear wheel just over the stop line on the first picture and the car over the junction on the second picture (which is taken a preset time after the first depending on size of junction and speed limit). Reply | Report as offensive Link |
Sat 20 Dec 2008 16:21 Traffic light cameras - clarification - Rattle |
In that case then if one was to stop over the line slightly for a ticket to be issued it would have to show the same vehicle being over the junction at the same time? If that is the case I may try and stop more in the future, I just figured it was better for my car to be shown going over the line on amber rather on red. If you are right then the system is safer than I thought as it dosn't encourage people to do what I did. I always thought if you front wheels were over the stop line and the lights on red it is an automatic ticket. Reply | Report as offensive Link |
Sat 20 Dec 2008 16:31 Traffic light cameras - clarification - jc2 |
Every traffic light "jumped" would be a seperate offence just as four tyres below legal limit are four offences. Reply | Report as offensive Link |
Sat 20 Dec 2008 16:50 Traffic light cameras - clarification - LondonBus |
Traffic signal cameras for signal mode only go live when the signals are in their red phase. Gatso cameras take one photo when the vehicle crosses the stop line. And a second photo one second later. If a traffic signal camera is also a speed camera it will be live all the time. Crossing the stop line when the signals are at amber (from green) is not an offence and will no trigger the camera. Reply | Report as offensive Link |
Sat 20 Dec 2008 17:01 Traffic light cameras - clarification - Rattle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thanks, in future I know to just stop even if it means risking being over the stop line by about a foot, I may have gone slightly over 30 for a second when crossing the junction but it could have only been 31/32 and only for a second. I will buy a sat nav after Christmas and set it to bleep if I go even 1mph over the limit which will allow me to concentrate more on that the road than speedo. I did 10 miles today and passed 8 gatsos. Reply | Report as offensive Link | |||||||||||||||||||||
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