red light camera question

steveo3002

stupidly drove through a red light earlier...the layout had changed and i made a mistake

now im worried there might have been a camera there, is it obvious if the lights have a camera by looking at them? nothing flashed at me

Amy83

Yeah, from my experience if it's got a camera on it, it'll be about 10/20 yards before the lights and looks like a speed camera. And yes, it would have flashed. I think you're ok

Also, for the record, the traffic light cameras can also act as speed cameras - I found out the hard way...

steveo3002

so the smaller tube looking things on the lamps wont be a camera? im guessing theyre a sensor for traffic but didnt know if they double up as a camera

Amy83

Not 100% sure but I think you're right in saying they're sensors for the traffic. According to http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/traffic-light-camera.htm it seems so too

Conor_3

steveo3002 wrote: »

stupidly drove through a red light earlier...the layout had changed and i made a mistake

How the hell does the layout of a road changing alter whether or not you can see a red light? You drive down the road. You come across a big stick on either side of the road with a box on the top with three lights in it and a white line across the road. When the red light is on, you stop behind the white line. When it's green, you set off. Simple as. It isn't rocket science.

So what you're saying is that if you were driving somewhere you'd never been before, you'd merrily go through every red light because you didn't know the layout. :rolleyes:

You're unfit to be driving on the roads as you're clearly incompetent. If I were you, I'd be booking some lessons with a learner school as you obviously need them.

cyclonebri1

Conor wrote: »

How the hell does the layout of a road changing alter whether or not you can see a red light? You drive down the road. You come across a big stick on either side of the road with a box on the top with three lights in it and a white line across the road. When the red light is on, you stop behind the white line. When it's green, you set off. Simple as. It isn't rocket science.

So what you're saying is that if you were driving somewhere you'd never been before, you'd merrily go through every red light because you didn't know the layout. :rolleyes:

You're unfit to be driving on the roads as you're clearly incompetent. If I were you, I'd be booking some lessons with a learner school as you obviously need them.

Steady Conor,

When you said you drove thro' a redlight how do you mean?

Asked because I understand that any camera will operate within 2 seconds of the switch to red, which to be honest is a loooooong time if someone is jumping the red the oposite way:A :mad:

goldspanners

Conor wrote: »

How the hell does the layout of a road changing alter whether or not you can see a red light? You drive down the road. You come across a big stick on either side of the road with a box on the top with three lights in it and a white line across the road. When the red light is on, you stop behind the white line. When it's green, you set off. Simple as. It isn't rocket science.

So what you're saying is that if you were driving somewhere you'd never been before, you'd merrily go through every red light because you didn't know the layout. :rolleyes:

You're unfit to be driving on the roads as you're clearly incompetent. If I were you, I'd be booking some lessons with a learner school as you obviously need them.

nice sociable conor didnt last too long did he?

Conor_3

I haven't changed. Trying to claim a change of road layout is a reasonable excuse to go piling through a red light is just laughable.

adouglasmhor

Conor wrote: »

I haven't changed. Trying to claim a change of road layout is a reasonable excuse to go piling through a red light is just laughable.

Unless you know the layout exactly shut up! Maybe he was watching the wrong light, I did it once years ago at a junction where there were at least 3 sets of lights on the one junction and the lanes had been changed.It was also an offset junction. I looked at the wrong one as I drove up and ran a red, honest mistake, no one died, I did not need more lessons. I didn't need a lecture from a sad git on an internet forum either, go figure.