Made a little booboo at a stoplight :o

Justintime · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:38

You'd think with all the driving about i do i'd know better, but 'ran' a red light today at a junction. Its a filter light apparently and it didn't register to me that the double lights meant something

Stopped in the middle of the junction to turn right and didn't cross until it went green, but supposedly since i crossed the line i did run it.. no camera there and wasn't pulled over or anything so i guess i'm safe? Heres the link to the junction in question..
Hate it when i make noob mistakes like this and this is not my year :mad:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...oid=nui54MPX6vcPZndx3dK_kA&cbp=12,119.48,,0,5

Chives · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:40

Link doesn't work for me.

Justintime · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:40

Fixed it.

iaind · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:40

If there's no camera and you didn't get pulled you'll be fine. I did something similar the other day

mjt · 29 Jul 2010 at 18:41

I've noticed that when it goes orange I instinctively floor it. I need to rectify this.

SlyReaper · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:03

mjt said:
I've noticed that when it goes orange I instinctively floor it. I need to rectify this.

I used to until I got a NIP for running a red light. A sharp pain in the wallet area is a brilliant teacher.

shifty_uk · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:16

I've yet to come across a set of lights with cameras?

iaind · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:18

Not been driving long then?

shifty_uk · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:30

Couple of years, not that I always look but I do notice the sensors. Never noticed a camera.

Morgoth · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:39

I'm slightly perplexed at how you managed to do that OP.

stoke1863 · 29 Jul 2010 at 19:43

shifty_uk said:
I've yet to come across a set of lights with cameras?

Same?

Maybe there isnt any in stoke?

Driving two years

InvaderGIR · 29 Jul 2010 at 20:01

I know that road...down that side road is a carpark where we got chased out of by an old man at one of the mini meets.

GravyMonster · 29 Jul 2010 at 20:24

shifty_uk said:
I've yet to come across a set of lights with cameras?

There's a few around here, mostly on the roundabouts coming off the M1.

Overlag · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:06

shifty_uk said:
Couple of years, not that I always look but I do notice the sensors. Never noticed a camera.

find it hard to believe you've never seen one of these?

mjt · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:30

You sure those are red light cameras and not just speed cameras?
We have those over here, they're radar-operated Gatsos.

InvaderGIR · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:31

Those ones are red light ones.

mjt · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:32

Yeah, after some Googling I see that the Gatso speed cameras look identical to their RLCs.
They use the same housing.

Justintime · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:42

Morgoth said:
I'm slightly perplexed at how you managed to do that OP.

Heh.. being stupid is prolly the best answer. I had literally just woken up, had to be in Milton Park at 8:30 and i got up at 8 at the guesthouse which was about 5 miles away, quick shower and was off. Saw the green and somehow it didn't register that it was an arrow not a round light, then saw the red light on the other light and thought 'aw ****' but i was already in the middle of the junction, so i just stayed there until the light went green then did my turn. Funny thing is, no one beeped me or told me off, plus i could swear the guy behind me did the same thing.. they must've seen the Sat nav and though 'bloody tourist' lol.

j.col · 29 Jul 2010 at 21:43

mjt said:
Yeah, after some Googling I see that the Gatso speed cameras look identical to their RLCs.
They use the same housing.

thats sneaky

around luton there are quite a few cameras at stop lights.
i got caught a few years back, now when i see a yellow light, i floor the brake

but this is more dangerous, as i have nearly been rear ended (no jokes please) a few times

SlyReaper · 29 Jul 2010 at 22:00

shifty_uk said:
Couple of years, not that I always look but I do notice the sensors. Never noticed a camera.

They look exactly like speed cameras. Got at least one on Gloucester road in Bristol because that's the one that got me.