Help Please!!

[My5tICal]

Hi all , i'm still a p plate rider not so sure where to ask for help so decided to post here. I was travelling from enous towards tampines and i wanted to take the highway entrance somewhere near ubi . there was a traffic light with two rows of lights , one is the usual red amber green , the other was the same , only tat is was shown as arrows pointing right , which was the direction towards the highway entrance.

 

Being an inexperienced rider , i wasn't sure whether i was allow to turn right towards the highway entrance when the row of colours turn green but the arrows remained red. A car inched out forward and i followed blindly shortly after that . after some time the car moved off and seeing that there was no other incoming cars , i followed shortly after that . It was only when i nearly finished the turn when the arrow turned green then i realised that i was supposed to wait for the arrows to turn geen before i can turn .

 

Now my main worries i might get caught doing that cause when i went back to check another day , there was a red light camera behind me . I'm pretty worried that the camera might have mistooken me as beating the red light and took photo.

 

P plater rider - 12 demerit points + $300 are very painful things , especially i got my license not even a month yet . I would greatly appreciate anyone who enlightens me . Thanks!

[loufu]

did u notice any flash?? if not then i dun think there wil b any probs.. coz the flash for the red light camera is damn bright u can even see the flash rite under hot sun...

 

PS: if not sure next time juz wait abit lor.. better be safe than sorry...

[Wildswans]

Oh no.......

 

Think suppose to follow arrow....

 

Hope things turn out okie..

[RollinMao]

eh... red light camera got catch right turn one meh? doesn't apply leh... cause if right turning... camera cant turn and snap u right?

[Wildswans]

The camera will catch whole junction....

 

Just a matter of what the trigger is like

[compfused]

The camera will catch whole junction....

 

Just a matter of what the trigger is like

Good luck..Got no flash rite? Should be fine..Don't worry too much..Next time wait for it to turn green then move off be it that the road is clear and got honkin sound behind..Better safe than sorry..

[My5tICal]

hmm..like i said the camera was behind me , i can't tell whether it took photo or not cause even if it did flash it's behind me. . so how?

[My5tICal]

usually the camera only works if it's pointing towards you in the opposite direction on the other lane right , if it's behind me would it take photo also?..

[stRobe]

actually if you wanna go back to the scene, you can check whether the sensor on the road extends to the right-turn lane(s).

[prego08220]

If unsure, Than i think u wait this 2 weeks see got letter anot lor.. Thats the only way i guess..

[My5tICal]

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[My5tICal]

Is there any faster ways to check? How to check whether got sensor?

[stRobe]

Usually the camera sensor is after the stop line. Its also black, but of a different texture compared with the road tar. ie. black lines after the stop line.

 

So it is quite visible if you are moving very slowly or stopped.

 

I don't guarantee that I'm correct, about all these. I only came to this conclusion after noticing that junctions without redlite-cameras don't have these black lines after the stop line.

[My5tICal]

went to look lei , but not really sure . but anyway does the camera only aims at one certain direction?

[panclanrider]

went to look lei , but not really sure . but anyway does the camera only aims at one certain direction?

 

Yes, That's right. The angle where the direction of traffic flow they wanna capture... The cam can't simply capture everything from one angle.

[smarangla]

i gt problem too.....just now...when the light turn green..i move off..den suddenly stall...but den i cant start off my bike till itz oredi turn red..by the time...i oredi in front of the pedestrian crossing.....so i move back.....will i get demerit points for dat..?

[lao uncle]

Probably not, as the red light camera take 2 pictures to see your first position after you cross the line and compare that with the 2nd position.

 

If the 2 positions are about the same then it show that you are waiting at the junction and not speeding pass the junction. That what I think, can someone give a better explaination.

[Laguna11]

i gt problem too.....just now...when the light turn green..i move off..den suddenly stall...but den i cant start off my bike till itz oredi turn red..by the time...i oredi in front of the pedestrian crossing.....so i move back.....will i get demerit points for dat..?

 

nope.. if u nv cross over the camera will nt capture de..

[Laguna11]

Probably not, as the red light camera take 2 pictures to see your first position after you cross the line and compare that with the 2nd position.

 

If the 2 positions are about the same then it show that you are waiting at the junction and not speeding pass the junction. That what I think, can someone give a better explaination.

 

ya tat hw the cam works actually they ned 2 photo to show tat u passed the junction n its red light..

[oOQiangOo]

better is to follow the flow... pple car go den we go... i do it when it come to those big road where i dunno when can go when cant go..

[smarangla]

ouh....very scared leh....i just bought my bike....haizz...beat red light 12 point....den like dat my my license revoked right....

[Guest Nick_li]

ouh....very scared leh....i just bought my bike....haizz...beat red light 12 point....den like dat my my license revoked right....

 

no lah... i think the camera pictures can clearly show that u were stationary...

 

normally p-plate riders will stall at junction when light turns from red to green... how long did ur engine stall? 5 mins?

[My5tICal]

ouh....very scared leh....i just bought my bike....haizz...beat red light 12 point....den like dat my my license revoked right....

same same luh , had bike less than one week , sent it for spray all that already . . hope things turned out alright .

[Wildswans]

same same luh , had bike less than one week , sent it for spray all that already . . hope things turned out alright .

 

So your license revoked?

[My5tICal]

no notice yet , anyway 12 points better not to ride , 13 then revoke.