Car running through a Red light on my travels... extra video added page 7

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Edited July 31, 2013 by The Bounty Bar Kid

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

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Car in front of me, RO57 VBL Vauxhall Zafira runs a red light. The junction I am pulling up to the Northcote Road, Whitehorse Road & Windmill Road Junction.

[smudgedon]

You and your fecking music

[Wasso]

Simple, forward to police. Surely that will do as evidence. Almost ran some pedestrians over as well.

[Darren-B]

evening constable Dip Dip,

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

You and your fecking music

 

I love that song! Freemasons feat Bailey Tsuke - Uninvited. Awesome song!

[Dblock]

Simple, forward to police. Surely that will do as evidence. Almost ran some pedestrians over as well.

 

Hardly? I didn't see anyone on the road.

 

Tbh that was a tiny mistake and you out his reg for it? You have become a jobs worth from the sounds of it.

 

Whilst your posting people's regs up you fancy putting your up too? Plus your exhaust sounds fairly loud and music sounds irresponsibly loud too.

[Wasso]

Didn't know you've moved over to the forum police, I'll have to take a note of that.

 

Either way, if you think that's a tiny mistake, go for it. Lets hope he's the one that doesn't sideswipe you across some crossroads or something.

 

I'll actually withdraw the pedestrians, they're miles away.

Edited July 29, 2013 by Wasso

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Music isn't loud. Setting is 15 on the Bose system. Exhaust, possibly. I did follow this guy for a while. He was going in my direction. I just didn't put all of it up.

[Ekona]

Tbh that was a tiny mistake and you out his reg for it? You have become a jobs worth from the sounds of it.

I'm going to quote this, for that time when someone jumps a red light and ploughs into the side of your car. Will it just be a tiny mistake then?

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

It wasn't a mistake from my point of view. More of a chancer. You can see when the light goes amber, then red and he's still going.

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Lights go amber at 17 seconds, Red at 19 seconds, he crosses at 21 seconds.

[Dave-350]

Tbh that was a tiny mistake and you out his reg for it? You have become a jobs worth from the sounds of it.

I'm going to quote this, for that time when someone jumps a red light and ploughs into the side of your car. Will it just be a tiny mistake then?

 

+1

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Oh and I failed to say that it's a taxi. Typical driving behaviour of the Croydon cabbies. Well not the black cabs anyway.

[Wasso]

Tbh that was a tiny mistake and you out his reg for it? You have become a jobs worth from the sounds of it.

I'm going to quote this, for that time when someone jumps a red light and ploughs into the side of your car. Will it just be a tiny mistake then?

 

+1

 

+2

 

Maybe you do that sort of thing then Dblock?

 

There's times when people are just on the change, but that's a blatant jumping of lights, no matter which way you look at it, he purposes chose to cross a red light.

[maxi-glasgow]

On a somewhat related question, at what point are you regarded as going thru a red light, by that I mean if it's amber when you cross the white line could you ever be done for going thru a red light if it then goes red as your full car is going over the white line?

 

Just trying to find out where it starts and ends?

[Fodder]

I was always taught amber meant you were to stop as red is imminent and there is no real excuse for saying "I couldn't stop in time" as you are meant to be ready to stop at such junctions at any time by reducing your speed etc etc

 

That said in real world amber seems to be a signal to speed up so you don't get stuck at a red light - I believe we are all a little guilty of this.

 

[maxi-glasgow]

I was always taught amber meant you were to stop as red is imminent and there is no real excuse for saying "I couldn't stop in time" as you are meant to be ready to stop at such junctions at any time by reducing your speed etc etc

 

That said in real world amber seems to be a signal to speed up so you don't get stuck at a red light - I believe we are all a little guilty of this.

 

If your doing the legal limit of 30 approaching a traffic light and your 20 feet away and it turns amber, would you stop? Since the highway code states the stopping distance at 30mph is 75 feet that would seem to be safe

[Fodder]

That's my point, you should be reducing your speed when approaching traffic signals.

 

Looking at the Highway Code you must stop behind the solid white line unless the signal is green. If the amber light appears you may go on only if you have already crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to stop might cause a collision.

 

Edited as stupid phone replaced amber with bee!?!

Edited July 29, 2013 by Fodder

[geoff-r]

Zafira drivers, says it all really. I hate these sorts of cars and their drivers. They are usually pretty absent minded.

[AliveBoy]

I believe, so long as you are clear of the junction by the time the light is red you are ok.

 

"AMBER means STOP. You may

go on only if the amber appears

after you have crossed the stop

line or are so close to it that to

pull up might cause an accident"

 

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@motor/documents/digitalasset/dg_191933.pdf

[Ricey]

As someone who's about to go on a naughty boy course for running a red I believe the law is;

Amber means stop provided it is safe to do so

Red means stop......period.

 

Depending on the local police the light camera can be set to flash anywhere from instantly or a second or 2 after turning Red.

 

Same with Green light..........Amber does not mean go! It means prepare to go as the lights will be turning Green imminently.

[Ekona]

Amber after red means release the brake NOW so launch control takes over, and let's you rape the snot out of that Transit that's been sat up your arse for the last 6 miles.

[JetSet]

I was bringing my daughter home from Birkenhead one night and stopped at some traffic lights on the A41. Boy racer pulls up alongside me revving his engine and creeping forward ready to zoom away, next thing there's a flash, he'd set off the red light camera .

 

 

Pete

[Dave-350]

Zafira drivers, says it all really. I hate these sorts of cars and their drivers. They are usually pretty absent minded.

 

Normally a dad that had too many kids to buy a sports car...