£50 fine :(

[jefmcg]

I've noticed when I am driving, if the light turns amber as I am close to the line and I make split second decision on whether to proceed or not and I decide to go ahead, it's almost invariable that the car following me goes through and often the one behind that. And I'm not talking about cars that were so close that I was concerned about be rear ended. It's just that most drivers seem to regard an amber as "green with acceleration"

(this has made me wonder how many drivers would run red lights. I mean, if a cyclist gets to an intersection and there is another cyclist stopped, the second cyclist can still run the red. If a car reaches an intersection and the car in front is stopped, then the second car is stuck, no matter what the driver would do if they could)

 

[jefmcg]

OP: you entered the intersection on a green light, and then stopped somewhere past the stop line as it turned amber and then red? Being across the stop line when the light is red is definitely ticketable, but finishing a crossing on amber isn't. Why didn't you keep going?

 

[Linford]

The cat was funnier.
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It was the first half a dozen times he used it...but it is a bit tired now

 

[Frood42]

It was the first half a dozen times he used it...but it is a bit tired now

This is the Internet, the cats always win...
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[buggi]

If any part of the vehicle crosses the line when the light is amber or red, the offence is complete. So the fact that he stopped after the line is irrelevant to the offence.

you can cross a line on amber if you haven't got time to stop. Really he should have kept going but to be ticketed for stopping is just silly. Phone the CTC!!

 

[Twelve Spokes]

The OP is on a cruising to a bruising though. He went through an amber (remember his opinion) but a police officer wasn't happy with the 'timing'. Upon being stopped he tried to 'convince' (argue with ?) the officer about the traffic lights, then it turns out he has no lights on his bike as well.

Don't forget this is the OP's view we get. Arguing with a police officer, and having no lights isn't the brightest thing to do. If he had apologised, and had lights on his bike, he may have been let off.

That's right and unless this cop is "Dirty Harry" then he probably had a good reason for pulling the OP up.

I came up against a bad tempered cop at Holborn a few years ago but I was at fault.Went past a "Road Closed" sign and was pulled up by this policemen who asked me if I had seen the sign.I answered yes quite pathetically and was astounded when he let me off.I didn't expect that.

 

[potsy]

Phone the CTC!!

And get them to explain the law on not having a front light fitted to your bike while you're on the phone

 

[fossyant]

And get them to explain the law on not having a front light fitted to your bike while you're on the phone

Oh and about arguing with a copper - never ends well !

 

[Twelve Spokes]

And get them to explain the law on not having a front light fitted to your bike while you're on the phone

Didn't he have a light on his helmet? @Fnarr Fnarr

 

[Cuchilo]

And get them to explain the law on not having a front light fitted to your bike while you're on the phone

I don't think he was on the phone aswell as having no lights and going through an amber light .

 

[Twelve Spokes]

You guys are out of order.He's on two wheels he can't be in the wrong.

 

[potsy]

I don't think he was on the phone aswell as having no lights and going through an amber light .

Have we established if his rear lights were ok and if he had pedal reflectors?

 

[fossyant]

Have we established if his rear lights were ok and if he had pedal reflectors?

Don't you start. I doubt the OP will be back now he's been well and truely ribbed. Thank goodness he didn't post on Bike Radar - would have been ripped to bits.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

So much for the new jacket,that's gone up the swanny.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Those who think it's an affront to civilisation that he was ticketed, and are advising him to fight it, I'm curious: would you be expressing the same outrage and sympathy if a car driver had done the same thing ... ?