Traffic light camera

Soldato
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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!
 
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.
 
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. :(
 
It's this camera:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5...m4!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.
 
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