tomthumb said:Just wondering - was with a friend who was stopped by the Guards last month for going thro on red light. I honestly thought he was right as he just could not have stopped in time safely IMO. Anyway Guards took his details, warned him and let him go. They never said anything about what they were going to do so does this mean he won't hear anything or is there still time for them to follow it up?
How come? Did he not see the lights coming up? Or was he driving too fast?tomthumb said:I honestly thought he was right as he just could not have stopped in time safely IMO.
Did he not see the orange/amber light that precedes the red?tomthumb said:Just wondering - was with a friend who was stopped by the Guards last month for going thro on red light. I honestly thought he was right as he just could not have stopped in time safely IMO.
No - he should have been travelling at a speed that would have allowed him to stop safely on amber. Anything else is most likely dangerous driving/speeding.tomthumb said:So you reckon he should have stopped in the junction then?
tomthumb said:If thats the case every car should be reducing their speed by at least 10 km approaching lights
When you're in a hole, stop digging. He should have stopped on amber. When the lights were green, he should have been prepared for the possibility that they would go amber/red. It shouldn't have been a huge surprise for him that they went amber. It's hard to picture any scenario where breaking a red light was the safe thing to do.tomthumb said:He was doing just under 50 km which means stopping would have pushed him about 30 metres out into the junction at a halt?
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