Traffic light camera

titaniumx3 · 1 Dec 2014 at 08:15

I got flashed by a traffic light camera this morning, but I went through whilst it was still amber. There was a car behind me which went through aswell, and judging by its distance from me, it would definitely have had to passed whilst the light was red. There was also another car adjacent to me on the left lane.

Assuming, I did actually drive through whilst it was amber, would I get a ticket for someone else going through on red? Or do traffic light cameras actually track the specific car in question and ignore other cars already in the junction?

Would really appreciate some advice!

ci_newman · 1 Dec 2014 at 09:56

No one on here was at that junction with you

The only thing you can do is to sit and wait for the next couples of weeks!

Burnsy2023 · 1 Dec 2014 at 10:28

ci_newman said:
No one on here was at that junction with you The only thing you can do is to sit and wait for the next couples of weeks!

Yeah, consider your options if and when the NIP actually comes through. No point worrying about it now.

titaniumx3 · 1 Dec 2014 at 10:36

Of course, but just wandering what happens to cars already in the junction but a car behind you is flashed. Does everyone get done? Surely this must happen quite frequently.

lord filbuster · 1 Dec 2014 at 11:40

Isn't the offence failing to stop before the line? I think the camera has to take a photo of the car crossing the line, so if you were actually fully in the junction when the lights were red you should be OK.

pepsilol · 1 Dec 2014 at 11:45

No that flash will only be for the car behind.

The offence is crossing that line when it is red.

titaniumx3 · 1 Dec 2014 at 13:38

Damn cameras, gonna make the next two weeks annoying as hell. Normally very careful with traffic lights, but I simply did not have enough time to stop when it turned amber. Hope its the car behind me.

lemonade · 1 Dec 2014 at 14:14

If you've crossed the lines and lights during amber then you'll be fine.

andi · 1 Dec 2014 at 18:40

The cameras don't usual activate until the lights been red for a few seconds. How fast were you going? Some do speed as well as red light.

dry · 1 Dec 2014 at 21:26

Are you sure it wasn't a Speed On Green camera? They are smaller, taller yellow cameras e.g. http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd481/silverbean-ncl/speed-camera.jpg

titaniumx3 · 1 Dec 2014 at 22:03

It's this camera:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5584709,0.6960614,3a,25.7y,130.99h,86.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sCaXNbWdMHimSJHkOYy4Vgg!2e0?hl=en

It flashed twice and as you can see from the picture, is pointing towards the line at the traffic lights, which leads me to think it is maybe both a traffic light camera and speed camera.

When it first flashed, I was definitely within the junction and I definitely did not see red before I crossed. The car behind me was probably 2-3 car lengths behind me. I'm not sure about my speed, but I was following the general flow of the traffic at the time (less than 40mph) and did not speed up (didn't need to as I was very close to the traffic lights when they turned amber.

austinpowers · 2 Dec 2014 at 04:38

The camera is armed up to ~1 second after the light has gone red, so as long as you were over the 2nd set of sensors after the line then it's more than likely the car behind that was flashed.

Also the amber is lit for 3 seconds before red, so you do get a little warning...