Went through a solid amber this morning (RLJ)

[Melonfish]

Reet, i'm sat here: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=wa...gNrOOwCcxkEq-2mAKTwI-w&cbp=12,130.72,,0,19.38

wow thats a long link.
anyhoo i'm on mancy road turning right to go through the lights to go left onto the A57. there's a line of cars waiting to go through the lights so i'm waiting to turn onto the B road its not a bad junction per-say but this morning my problem was the jackass behind me.
so the traffic goes through the lights and i set off hoping to get the green before it changes. BUT the idiot behind me is i kid you not less then 3 feet from my back wheel i'm freaking out because the light changes to orange and i HAD to go through, if i'd have braked i'd have become a bloody hood ornament. predictably the car followed me through as the light went red then badly overtook and sped off.
now i know a solid amber is stop if safe to do so, so i reckon i got off with that one but still...
Pete

 

[Andy_R]

Yup, stop if safe to do so. It wasn't, so you didn't. No harm, no foul.

 

[Matthew_T]

If you could have stopped without performing an emergency stop, then I would have been attempted to do so. But if he was that close to you that you couldnt even do that, then I expect you are within your right to go through on amber. Just was long as it isnt on red.

 

[Peowpeowpeowlasers]

I hate that junction, the road surface is worse than the Moon.

You know you can hop onto the pavement there, a hundred yards or so of being slow and careful, and you're onto a shared cycle path that's actually rather pedestrian-free?

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

I always feel guilty when I go through a yellow.

 

[martint235]

How fast were you going? I tend to stop and I've not been hit by a muppet yet. There's not that many stupid enough to beep me either although every once in a while I have to have a chat with someone.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

How fast were you going? I tend to stop and I've not been hit by a muppet yet. There's not that many stupid enough to beep me either although every once in a while I have to have a chat with someone.

Right on the line doing 1mph when it changed.

Im tempted to hand myself into the cops.

 

[martint235]

Your call. If you feel unsafe e stopping then do what you need to.

My only point is that contrary, to what it may feel like, 99.9999% of drivers would do anything rather than run into you.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Your call. If you feel unsafe e stopping then do what you need to.

My only point is that contrary, to what it may feel like, 99.9999% of drivers would do anything rather than run into you.

Is it as high as 99.9999999999999999999999%?

Im not a common criminal,im an exceptional criminal.

 

[martint235]

Your call. If you feel unsafe e stopping then do what you need to.

My only point is that contrary, to what it may feel like, 99.9999% of drivers would do anything rather than run into you.

Is it as high as 99.9999999999999999999999%?

Im not a common criminal,im an exceptional criminal.

I think you may miss my point. Although you may have a driver behind you at an amber light he is very unlikely to run into you if you stop. It tends to mess up their day a little.

 

[Hicky]

That whole area is a nightmare for speeding traffic, if possible avoid or use the pavement till its more safe to jump back on the road.

 

[benb]

Much like this, from me. I was further from the line (only just got over the line before the red), and really wanted to stop, but this guy was right on my wheel, and I honestly thought that if I stopped he would squish me. Of course, he followed me through!

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

I think you may miss my point. Although you may have a driver behind you at an amber light he is very unlikely to run into you if you stop. It tends to mess up their day a little.

Sometimes I doubt that.

Much like this, from me. I was further from the line (only just got over the line before the red), and really wanted to stop, but this guy was right on my wheel, and I honestly thought that if I stopped he would squish me. Of course, he followed me through!

Can't really see a problem with you going through the yellow there.

 

[martint235]

Sometimes I doubt that.

Doubt away. It is still a rare occurrence that a cyclist is rear-ended by a motorist. Brakes on a car are better than those on a bike plus a bike isn't actually that hard not to run into if you really try. How many times have you been rear-ended by a car? None have hit me so far and I've only had one instance where I stopped at an amber light and the car behind chose to accelerate around me, still didn't hit me though.

Just think of what would happen if they did hit you: police involved; prosecution; insurance and all for something that's completely different from misjudging a cyclists' speed and pulling out for example.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Doubt away. It is still a rare occurrence that a cyclist is rear-ended by a motorist. Brakes on a car are better than those on a bike plus a bike isn't actually that hard not to run into if you really try. How many times have you been rear-ended by a car? None have hit me so far and I've only had one instance where I stopped at an amber light and the car behind chose to accelerate around me, still didn't hit me though.

Just think of what would happen if they did hit you: police involved; prosecution; insurance and all for something that's completely different from misjudging a cyclists' speed and pulling out for example.

Police involved if it isn't hit and run?