Red light camera

Justintime · 17 Sep 2020 at 00:31

A bit annoyed at my wife. Came home this afternoon all bummed out, asked why she said she said she went over a red and the junction definitely has a camera i know. She said she was following a car that went over the amber at around 38mph (so about 36mph really, digital speedo countryman) in a 40 and it went red just as she met the line. Both me and her know that light changes from amber to red fast i've even pointed it out to her in the past. A10 Enfield, church street junction.
It was about 5:45pm and she said no flash was seen but it was bright out and i sure as hell have seen people run that red after a second or two with no flash. She knows she did wrong and needs to pay attention more and i drove the point home that she could've had our daughter in the back and god knows what could have happened. Any chance she might've gotten off, is there a delay?

koolpc · 17 Sep 2020 at 00:55

You never make any mistakes in life? You are a Mr perfect are you?

Give her some slack.

Justintime · 17 Sep 2020 at 01:03

koolpc said:
You never make any mistakes in life? You are a Mr perfect are you?

Give her some slack.

Well i'm not harping on about it and bringing it up all the time! I've made mistakes too but god help me if the situation was reversed!. I think what annoys me a little is that she drives this route daily for over a year now.

Scania · 17 Sep 2020 at 07:01

She made a mistake, no harm nor damage done.

She may get a ticket, maybe not.

Not the end of the world.

jpaul · 17 Sep 2020 at 07:27

have you looked on line to see if there are any timing problems submitted about the traffic lights, or submitted an issue, if you think they're fast.
I'd complained about some on 40mph a10 n of cambridge, where there was also trees overshadowing them.

it seems daft lights don't have longer switch times on higher speed roads.

Semple · 17 Sep 2020 at 08:03

I thought I'd read that traffic light cameras don't arm immediately as the light goes red. Probably more aimed at people who could easily stop in time, but just can't be bothered.

I've definitely been at a set of lights and seen someone go across just as it changed to red without the camera flashing.

wolfie138 · 17 Sep 2020 at 08:18

it's not a mistake it's negligence. lights go amber before they go red, you're supposed to be slowing to a stop not trying to beat the change.

The Running Man · 17 Sep 2020 at 08:28

Unless you slam on though when it hits amber you'll go through...especially at 40mph if you're close to the line.

Did anyone follow her through?

ahar · 17 Sep 2020 at 09:50

My understanding is that there is a delay that can be set on the camera between the light turning red and the camera going for it. There isn;t a standard delay, its a config that is set for each installation

bobuk · 17 Sep 2020 at 10:03

It's a real pain getting a red light ticket, £100 fine and 3 points, worse when you come to insurance, I got done quite a few years ago and found a lot of insurers wouldn't even quote me on the comparison sites, even then the insurance cost increased quite a bit.

MadMan-JaMeS · 17 Sep 2020 at 13:27

Do all the cameras always work ?

Gaygle · 19 Sep 2020 at 10:51

wolfie138 said:
you're supposed to be slowing to a stop not trying to beat the change.

Let's face it, this is probably what happened. I see it 62578265 times a day.

IIRC UK regs state that the single amber light must be illuminated for 3 seconds. So she's had 3 seconds to react to an amber light at 36 mph - which is very easily do able unless you're just trying to rush through with the car in front.

mjt · 19 Sep 2020 at 11:56

I guess she was not Justintime. Lolololol

OpenToSuggestions · 19 Sep 2020 at 13:59

mjt said:
I guess she was not Justintime. Lolololol

I like what you did there!

Dr Who · 20 Sep 2020 at 14:15

They get 1 second from the red light to when they arm, she was probably fine (it's to allow large vehicles some slack but benefits cars as well).

m4rmite · 20 Sep 2020 at 16:55

Red light camera..
Dam i was expecting a more fruity posting :eek:

Dis86 · 20 Sep 2020 at 16:56

wolfie138 said:
it's not a mistake it's negligence. lights go amber before they go red, you're supposed to be slowing to a stop not trying to beat the change.

This, frankly. It's either a deliberate choice to go through it or she didn't notice.

The Running Man · 20 Sep 2020 at 23:17

Did she get the ticket?

Justintime · 21 Sep 2020 at 12:21

Nothing so far but its only been 4 days.

dacads · 21 Sep 2020 at 18:23

Gaygle said:
Let's face it, this is probably what happened. I see it 62578265 times a day.

IIRC UK regs state that the single amber light must be illuminated for 3 seconds. So she's had 3 seconds to react to an amber light at 36 mph - which is very easily do able unless you're just trying to rush through with the car in front.

I also see people deliberately running red when they have plenty of time and space to stop 62678265 times a day

Obviously that's lights without a camera