red light camera caught me at 0mph

[JAY PS]

Is it worth me fighting this

how can you go thru a red light at 0mph

It was Monday and the roads were clear ,im sure the camera is wrong

any ideas

[Fishtailparka]

How does the fact that the roads were clear make it any more acceptable to go through a red light at 0mph on a Monday ?

[vibrating_Cake]

Is it worth me fighting this

how can you go thru a red light at 0mph

It was Monday and the roads were clear ,im sure the camera ios wrong

any ideas

 

read it more clearly, when i got my speeding ticket it said on it spacifically (speed in mph not applicable for red light offences) or something, they dont calculate speed, you went thru a red light, tough, you were in the wrong just pay up and get on with it

[Rick]

they dont have them on ped crossings do they. i always go over if theres no1 there im not waiting like aplonker at a crossing with no1 around for 500ft

[Copey]

its only lights that have the big yellow boxes next to them that can get you rick at silly hours in the mornin (2-4) i always slow to an almost halt at red lights and if nouts about i will crawl through

 

as for JAY PS, its like vibratin cake said, they dont calculate speed, you went through, got caught, so pay up

[mk1super]

Well i must be old an sad i see red light i stop even if roads are empty.

[antz]

Well i must be old an sad i see red light i stop even if roads are empty.

 

i do. its the law.

 

I have only ever ran one red light and it was 11pm on a country road and some idiot had dug up 3 foot of road (literally!) and put traffic lights there to go round it.

 

it was a 1/4 mile straight and there was nothing coming, nothign behind me and i was sat there like a lemon for 3 minutes waiting for them to change....nothing came or went in those 3 minutes.

 

get fed up in the end and drove round it....but thats the only time ive ever done it

[SmokeEm]

Well i must be old an sad i see red light i stop even if roads are empty.

 

Me too mate but in Jay's defence, I don't think he did it on purpose although you could read his post as if he did. With the Sun so low in the sky at this time of year, it's easier to do than you'd think.

[Fiesta Steve]

You could say you thought the sun was an amber light ??

[bomber1]

how far did you go through or did u just crawl over the line as you stoped?

[JAY PS]

What i was saying was i couldnt understand how i could go thru a light at 0 mph

Now i understand they dont list the speed

I dont remember jumping that set of lights ,im sure they were on yellow if anything

Well pissed off because ive had a clean licence since 1990

Stupid thing was i never go this way to work only that the roads were gritted and the other way was busier !

Is it three points and £60 ,anyone know

[Ken B]

Yep 3 points and £60. And dont forget to tell the insurance company to. Does add a slight charge on too. I got caught 2 years ago.

The other thing to remember is not to move out of the way for emergency vehicles on lights with cameras too I know someone who got done that way. Tried to fight it but lost, as amby sevice wouldn't/couldn't confirm they went that way.

[RS2kSX]

i got off mine by ignoring the first letter & replying to 2nd letter after the two week rule didnt admit offence as i can't remember that far back and case got dropped

[Twinkle]

only been through 5 sets of red lights and set of 4 speed cameras tonight so far

[mk1super]

With the Sun so low in the sky at this time of year, it's easier to do than you'd think.

 

Never a problem for me mate, but then have you seen the weather in Scotland? Sun whats that? a newspaper right