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Given OP is pleading not guilty claiming the reaction time is incorrect, can't see that applying. OP'll get crushed in court as amber means stop.
I have pleaded not guilty on the basis that considering the reaction time, there was not sufficient to apply brakes and stop safely behind the signal.
Amber lights are on for 4-6 seconds.
Schedule 14 said:Traffic light signals
4.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to the red, amber and green light signals shown in the diagram in column 3 of the Part 2 sign table at each of items 1 to 4 (types of traffic light signals), including, for items 1 and 3, when, as described in paragraph 2(6), the green signal is a green arrow.
(2) The order of illumination for the light signals must be as follows—
(a)red;
(b)red and amber together;
(c)green;
(d)amber.
(3) The duration of the period when the red and amber light signals are illuminated together must be 2 seconds.
(4) The duration of the period when the amber light signal is illuminated on its own must be 3 seconds.
(5) The requirement in sub-paragraph (3) or (4) is to be treated as having been met if the duration is 0.25 seconds more, or less, than that specified.
Given OP is pleading not guilty claiming the reaction time is incorrect, can't see that applying. OP'll get crushed in court as amber means stop.
Amber does not mean stop. It can also mean pass with caution if not possible to break safely.
No. Amber does mean stop. Literally look in this thread.Amber does not mean stop. It can also mean pass with caution if not possible to break safely.
You should have seen amber and been slowing down well before the lights turned red. Can’t see any mitigation really being accepted if that’s your argumentAmber does not mean stop. It can also mean pass with caution if not possible to break safely.
What were you driving? If you were driving a sports car, no dice, but if you were driving a fully laden 40-foot lorry and it was wet then that's another matter. Video evidence that the traffic lights were obscured by other traffic might help.
3 seconds, actually, and as low as 2.75 seconds is acceptable.
In any case he's not being done for the ~3s of amber light but the 0.9s of red light he jumped
In any case he's not being done for the ~3s of amber light but the 0.9s of red light he jumped
Anyone suggested this guy should lube up yet?
Really, really, really needed a poo.What mitigating circumstances?
What if you sneezed and hit the accelerator?
People have got away with running someone over using that excuse
Butter up your butt hole.
What if you sneezed and hit the accelerator?
People have got away with running someone over using that excuse