Accursed ocd speed camera

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On my way back from a friend's tonight in North London, got to the Wood Lane underpass and I took the wrong turn, so u turned and stopped at the lights, with a camera behind me. Light turned green and I moved off, not slowly but not stupidly quick either, and I'm certain there were two flashes. I was the only car on the road at the time. Problem is, i was going nowhere near 30. It' a 98 Corolla fgs, it's barely capable of 0-60 in 15 seconds, I wouldn't physically have had time to reach thirty by the time I was passed the lines.
It was one of those bus lane cameras, you can see it on google street view here, just the flash and one hole above it in a rectangular box much smaller than a Gatso. Is this a Monitron?
You hear of Gatsos running out of film and misfiring, but it doesn't seem to be possible with this one, what's the situation I'm looking at?
 
Are you absolutely sure you didn't move before the red+amber went out and the green came on. I'm pretty sure those cameras can also be used for red lights and there are no speed measurement markings on the road (in the picture at lease) so it's not going to be producing any evidence that's admissible for a speed prosecution.

Even if you did move before the green light, so long as the two photos don't show you crossing the stop line, you'll be fine.
 
That's not a speed camera, it's a traffic light camera to catch people jumping the lights.

TBH, it's probably just your nerves playing tricks on you. :)
 
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