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Mon 20 Sep 2010 15:07
I "sort of" ran a red light... - guitarbloke

I passed my test a few months ago (a bit late, as I'm now 30 years old) so am still a bit of a nervous driver.

On Saturday evening I made a trip to Enfield and enroute to my destination took a wrong turn. I came to some traffic lights which were red, but I was concentrating to hard to looking aroudn for road signs that I went over the line before I stopped. I didn't pull out into the junction, but I was stopped just on the crossing - I couldn't reverrse back as another car had come close behind me.

I didn't see if there was a camera on the lights and fear has stopped me from goign back there to check.

What I was wondering was - am I likely to get 3 points and a fine because I crossed the line - or does that only apply if I had carried on and pulled into the junction?

Any advice at all would be appreciated as I'm really fretting over this and haven't slept very well at all since it happened. :(

Thanks

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Mon 20 Sep 2010 16:58
I "sort of" ran a red light... - Dwight Van Driver

The rules require you to stop at or before the STOP line or where there is no stop line level with the light, when the light is at red otherwise the offence of failing to comply with a traffic sign (red light). See the Highway Code if the light was at Amber for its significance.

You seem to be in the same boat as an earlier poster and my reply will be of intrest to you.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=86937

dvd

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Mon 20 Sep 2010 17:51
I "sort of" ran a red light... - LucyBC

DVD is right but everyone has overrun a light (probably including the magistrates) so they may be lenient and allow a "special reasons" argument.

Certainly for a new driver (or for an old driver with previous penalty points) I would recommend looking at mounting a defence as 3 points are the maximum available for the offence and you will get those for a fixed penalty.

Please contact me via asklucy@honestjohn.co.uk preferably including a phone number and we can go through your prospects and circumstances in detail.

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Tue 21 Sep 2010 11:41
I "sort of" ran a red light... - Peter D

Steady on here, The OP does not have a NIP. If there was a camera that was triggered there would be two flashes. Did the OP see any flash ?? Regards Peter

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Tue 21 Sep 2010 13:18
I "sort of" ran a red light... - guitarbloke

I'm afraid I don't know what an NIP is :-(

I didn't see any flashes at the time, although I must confess, I wasn't really looking for any - I was really worried/panicked about being stopped over the line and partially on the pedestrian crossing.

Are the flashes really obvious/apparent?

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Wed 22 Sep 2010 14:50
I "sort of" ran a red light... - LucyBC

Not all "red light" cameras flash. However if the registered keeper of the OP's car has not received a letter telling them they are being prosecuted within 14 days of the offence the chances are there will be no prosecution.

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Wed 22 Sep 2010 01:38
I "sort of" ran a red light... - 1litregolfeater

He's right to be very scared, they are watching you all the time.

Newest one round here is bus lanes, where they've snook in "camera controlled" signs recently.

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Fri 8 Oct 2010 01:08
I "sort of" ran a red light... - Dutchie

I often wonder who they are a minority controlling a majority and making people ill.What a sad state of affairs.

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Sat 6 Nov 2010 20:19
I "sort of" ran a red light... - Happy Blue!

I was sitting at traffic lights yesterday and the ones opposite turned green before mine. As I sat there, I watched several vehicles drive legally across the white line, although the camera flashed on three occasions.

None of these cameras are reliable.

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