Always anticipate a light change. I never hamper the anchors on when it goes to amber if my stopping distance is shorter than light changing. If they flashed me i would explain why it caught me on the red.
44 tonnes at 50 mph lights changed at this distance etc etc.
Amber means stop unless it’s unsafe to do so, in which case you can carry on through.
If it goes to amber and you can’t stop by the time it’s gone to red you were approaching too fast.
It’s up to you as the pro driver to make that judgement taking your weight into account at what point your comitted to go safely through before it actually turns to red and where you can still stop. Your speed on approach should be adjusted accordingly.
Unless you can see they’ve just changed from red to green then you’d shouldn’t be approaching a green light at 50.
A crappy OneIs on the A403 from Aust heading to Avonmouth.
As you approach it’ll suddenly turn red Then just as you’ve pulled up it’ll go green.
I’ve even tried the slow slow crawl and it still bloody does it .
I see they removed the red light camera from M6 junction 21a slip road onto M62 did you ever try going through that from a standing start without it changing to red as your back wheels go through I wonder how many artics got flashed going through that set up
DickyNick:
Amber means stop unless it’s unsafe to do so, in which case you can carry on through.
The flaw in that approach is the definition of and having to prove it was ‘unsafe’ to stop.I actually got the first of my only two penalties in more than 40 years of driving owing to losing that argument with the law.In the real world the amber light is effectively made redundant and might as well not be there according to the law’s ridiculous interpretation of its use.In which case the flashing green is the obvious simple solution to the stale green dilemma the question then being why isn’t it put into the sequence.Like the ridiculous amber means stop mantra it can only be a deliberate intent to criminalise drivers unnecessarily.
DickyNick:
Amber means stop unless it’s unsafe to do so, in which case you can carry on through.
The flaw in that approach is the definition of and having to prove it was ‘unsafe’ to stop.I actually got the first of my only two penalties in more than 40 years of driving owing to losing that argument with the law.In the real world the amber light is effectively made redundant and might as well not be there according to the law’s ridiculous interpretation of its use.In which case the flashing green is the obvious simple solution to the stale green dilemma the question then being why isn’t it put into the sequence.Like the ridiculous amber means stop mantra it can only be a deliberate intent to criminalise drivers unnecessarily.
Well yes. I’ve never had an issue in a car but they aren’t set up properly for trucks. If I see a camera on the lights I just slow down a lot so I can stop if they change. Normally has a tnt fed ex or Mark Thompson proper wound up behind me, but hey, I don’t want to get a NIP through the post. So ■■■■ em.
Carryfast:
The flaw in that approach is the definition of and having to prove it was ‘unsafe’ to stop.I actually got the first of my only two penalties in more than 40 years of driving owing to losing that argument with the law.In the real world the amber light is effectively made redundant and might as well not be there according to the law’s ridiculous interpretation of its use.In which case the flashing green is the obvious simple solution to the stale green dilemma the question then being why isn’t it put into the sequence.Like the ridiculous amber means stop mantra it can only be a deliberate intent to criminalise drivers unnecessarily.
Well yes. I’ve never had an issue in a car but they aren’t set up properly for trucks. If I see a camera on the lights I just slow down a lot so I can stop if they change. Normally has a tnt fed ex or Mark Thompson proper wound up behind me, but hey, I don’t want to get a NIP through the post. So [zb] em.
In my case it was long before cameras in the 70’s with the car and it was a copper on a motor bike behind me.The law admitted that the lights changed from green to amber when I was around 15 feet from the junction.Which works out at around the time taken to react let alone stop from 15 mph but they ignored that defence.In that case I’d have probably got a better deal from cameras which seem to be set up relatively more reasonably towards crossing the junction at any point on red.
On that note what’s the big problem with putting the flashing green into the sequence.
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On that note what’s the big problem with putting the flashing green into the sequence.[/quote]
Wear the bulbs out quicker then no light at all …