What would you do?: Traffic light sequence malfunction

I use to have this problem when the loops didnt detect my bike, Id wait fof the sequence to fail then "clear" the junction. It was normal only happened on a sunday morning as no other cars were about to set it off.

I was told ' I dont know how true it is' that if stopped by the 5-0 the correct term to use was that "you cleared the junction before proceeding" surefire getout apparently.


Bullit
 
Reminds me of a traffic light managed single lane access road to a large factory up in Cumbria that I go to from time to time,you sit and wait for about 8minutes before it eventually changes, the access road is a couple of miles long, jump the light and you invariably meet an articulated truck coming toward you with no means of passing it....
 
I would ask your mate to make a copy of said footage....as my wife mysteriously had footage disappear off our camera after handing a cop our camera to prove a point....
 
If unable to turn around and take another route, i would wait for it to be calm(er) and proceed with caution. I would then notify the local authority ASAP regarding the issue.
 
I've gone through red lights on temporary roadworks before, because I find they often seem to have really bad sensors or really daft timers. Only after waiting for a couple of minutes, though.

I don't think I'd risk it with an actual permanent set of lights. I'd be too worried about ANPR or something. I'd just try to find another route if possible.
 
I'd be seeing the police in court and embarrassing them like my father and I did when he was charged for driving whilst on his mobile (he wasn't). The fact I worked for his mobile phone provider at the time was the nail in the coffin from the information I was able to pull!
 
Freefaller said:
It would be a waste of money and police time. It is just frustrating that they didn't want to accept the situation.
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Funnily enough the conclusion of the judge in our case. CPS presented no evidence other than the statement by the police officer in question which was proven by myself and my dad's solicitor to be pure fabrication.
Unfortunately some police officers sometimes refuse to accept logic and see the law as black and white in its application.
 
In case anyone is interested, he went armed with a copy of his dashcam footage, and rule 176 as listed here. And they dropped the charges. They didn't apologise, as they were doing their jobs. He asked what would have happened had he not had a dashcam, and they said it would be up to the court to decide. Seems overly officious but hey ho, at least he's been relieved of that pain.
 
Are the lights definitely faulty or, like a set near me, does the person at the front not go far enough forward to be detected by the induction loops in the road surface? You can see them (normally) by the rectangular section of the road just at the lights.

I've lost count of the times that the person in front of me doesnt move far enough forward to be detected and miss the sequence :(
 
No idea. I know however this has happened to me many times at that particular set of lights and I was definitely over the sensors. It also has the usual motion sensor above the lights.
 
I personally would proceed with caution, and have done before. But you always run the risk of the police not buying your story. Not sure on the legalities but I would do it.
 
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