Ok well if you're sure. It just felt to me like I had just made a massive mistake
What was I supposed to do? Might have gone through a red light
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This. Having whatched the clip this time, I can say with 100% certainty that you'll be fine.
You seem to be trying very hard to tell yourself this.
Chill out man, life's too short
What made you sure in the video? Just curious
You were in the junction when the light went red.
Had you crossed the line after it went red you'd have been a very naughty boy, but you didn't the rest is history.
Yes I know , my anxiety especially around driving has got insane lately.You seem to be trying very hard to tell yourself this.
Chill out man, life's too short
Are we talking about the white line or the yellow box
Don
The solid white line is where all the magic happens.
The white line. The yellow box is a boxed junction and standing in one can net you a nice fine too, so stay out
Man of Honour
After watching the video you're fine you didn't break any laws so don't worry about it.
Ok thanks everyone. I guess in the very, very unlikely event someone did report me, I could back up my claim by showing the police the footage.
Think I need to calm down a little
I think the police are a bit too busy doing other things to bother with you to be honest mate.
I know but you never know they seem to be big on anything and everything related to motoring offences right now. Just wanted a second opinion, my dad a driver of 30 years (who has had probably about a dozen speeding tickets one recently) said I was fine but wanted a second opinionI think the police are a bit too busy doing other things to bother with you to be honest mate.
Commissario
The only bad thing about that video is that you showed yourself sitting there for far too long and only a fraction of a second after the turn.
Still nothing illegal though?
Tbh in future I'd be less hesitant about going into the box . But getting a fine a couple of months after I passed my test for going into one (totally different circumstances though), I've tried to avoid them wherever possible.
Nothing wrong there, you crossed the white line well before the lights changed.
What normally peeves me in these situations is where you get a numpty coming in the opposite direction to you, who blatantly runs the red light, while you are sat there waiting to turn right and the lights change for the vehicles on the road you would be turning into, so even though you would have allowed plenty of time to clear the junction had the cars in the opposite direction started to stop on amber, you are then faced with an onslaught of cars driving towards your off side while you're making the turn.
What normally peeves me in these situations is where you get a numpty coming in the opposite direction to you, who blatantly runs the red light, while you are sat there waiting to turn right and the lights change for the vehicles on the road you would be turning into, so even though you would have allowed plenty of time to clear the junction had the cars in the opposite direction started to stop on amber, you are then faced with an onslaught of cars driving towards your off side while you're making the turn.
As far as I can see you've done nothing illegal - would have been better to take up a more dominant position in the box once you were clear to do so.
Personally would have waited back behind the white line until the van was further forward so as to not block the pedestrian crossing, etc. if the lights do change.
Personally would have waited back behind the white line until the van was further forward so as to not block the pedestrian crossing, etc. if the lights do change.
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Cool, that seems to be the consensus here. Thanks, it just looked like to me that I'd gone through a red light but then I forgot I'd actually crossed the white line so I haven't actually done anything wrong.
In future I will take up a more dominant position.
Soldato
Imagine if everyone reported every driver they saw making a mild, innocent mistake. You weren't stationary in the yellow box when the lights changed because you cleared it as soon as you could.
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