Red light

[Frost]

Well, just coming back from the supermarket on my bike i notice a nice bike going the other way, i nod to the guy riding it. i notice out of the corner of my eye that the lights at a pedetrian crossing are abmber. "ah well they are going to red soon" *backs off the throttle*
i then see them go to red, i slam on my brakes as hard as i can. its raining so i cant brake hard enough to stop before the lights. I am left with a choice of stopping on the crossing or going over it at 5mph, as the crossing is completly empty i roll over it.

There was a camera on one of the lights. Am i likely to be in trouble? will it just be 3 points?
as i am still on L plates and have only passed my driving test a few weeks back 6 points would completly screw me over :/

Danke

[Milo]

If anything it'll be 3 points.
Just be extra careful as you can only get 6 (for now) I think before you'll have to take your test again.
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[Frost]

well 6 points means i will have to retake my CBT, and possibly do an extended car test

[carvell]

6 points means you are disqualified from driving, which basically means knackered insurance for life!
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[iCraig]

What kinda of Camera was on the lights?

[Frost]

just looked like a CCTV camera pointing right at my numberplate :<

[iCraig]

Not one of these then? https://www.cnn.com/2001/US/04/25/traffic.signal.cameras/story.traffic.camera.jpg

[True Blue]

The ones that are on the lights are radars for detecting traffic.
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[loply]

The tiny ones, smaller then the one above, are just for detecting traffic or something.

Cameras which actually catch red-light-runner look like normal speed cameras but a little bit "thinner", as depicted in the pic above.

[yz450]

am i right in thinking that the traffic light cameras are only active when the red light is one?
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[billy whizz]

As the others said if it was a small box on top of the lights it was a flow sensor. Nothing to worry about, just be more careful crossings are not always empty! A momentary lapse of concentration can get you a life time of regret
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