RED LIGHT TRAFFIC OFFENCE SOLICITORS

It is an offence if you fail to stop for a red light. If the red light shows, you must stop behind the line in all circumstances.

As each offence comes with its own circumstances, an experienced Traffic Light Offence Solicitor can assist you if you feel you had just cause for breaching the Highway Code.

You may have needed to run the light to avoid a collision with another road user. You may have had no other option than to drive onwards to allow an emergency vehicle to pass. The traffic light or camera could even potentially have been defective.

The most common traffic signal offence is going through a red light, even if you thought you went through it at amber. The law states that when the traffic light is:

● Red: You must stop behind the white stop line at the traffic light.

● Red and amber: You must stop but can prepare to go. However, you cannot pass the white line until the green traffic light shows.

● Green: You may go, provided the road ahead is clear of obstruction.

● Amber: When only the amber traffic light is showing, this also means stopping if it is safe to do so. The only exceptions are if you passed the line before it changed or if stopping would have led to a potential crash.

A traffic camera at the junction will most likely catch most of these offences. You are just as likely to be stopped by the police at the time of the offence.