Ran a red light..Please help

spotsanddots

I ran a red light today by accident can any one tell me if this image is of a red light checker on top of the traffic lights.
Thing is i'm only a learner and i was driving my mum's car without her and she doesn't know and will kill me

http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Newbridge+near+Cutlery+Road&hl=en&ll=53.177183,-6.796074&spn=0.007806,0.01929&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=7.956687,19.753418&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.177253,-6.795971&panoid=qEcIuxeedjbscbLNUGNJ4Q&cbp=12,59.03,,0,18.72

drunkmonkey

You'll probably get a fine of about €2000, community service and a slap of the wooden spoon from your mum.
Driving through red lights can get you or someone else killed. There's a reason your not allowed drive on your own yet.

To answer your question though, you won't know if your getting fined until a letter comes for the registered owner of the car, i.e your mum.

If it makes you feel any better I done it twice in a row last week, once was a genuine mistake and the second one was while someone was giving out to me in the car for running the first red light. Can happen the best of us.

superfish

thats just a sensor to let the lights know when traffic is building up, you need to be more carful in future and dont take your mums car without permission let this be a lesson to you

corktina

i dont think there are any red light cameras in operation yet in Ireland.

It sounds to me as if you have learnt from the error, get that test done.

spotsanddots

I was focusing too much on my lanes there is about 4 sets of traffic lights on that 100m stretch i'm such an idiot

SV

Wouldn't worry about it, it's not a camera.

superfish

spotsanddots wrote: »

I was focusing too much on my lanes there is about 4 sets of traffic lights on that 100m stretch i'm such an idiot

and thats exactly why you need a full licence driver with you and permission to use the car you could have killed someone

John_Rambo

superfish wrote: »

and thats exactly why you need a full licence driver with you and permission to use the car you could have killed someone

Exactly, did you not think of the children when you got behind the wheel?

MargeS

corktina wrote: »

i dont think there are any red light cameras in operation yet in Ireland.

I thought the lights east bound on Island Bridge in Dublin had cameras for catching red light breakers!
Here:
http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Island+St,+Dublin&hl=en&ll=53.343698,-6.30847&spn=0.006623,0.019698&sll=53.273797,-9.05178&sspn=0.106142,0.184364&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.343682,-6.308584&panoid=NvtpANPd8_7Dq3PxxqmgcQ&cbp=12,66.12,,0,13.33

pajo1981

Expect homeland security at your mums house within the next 6 hours.

You'll be looking at 10 - 15 for this.

spotsanddots

I am a safe driver guys ..would probably have passed the test but i've only just got a date that suited and its coming up soon( had to wait a year i just failed by 3 pts the first time ).
I am not some reckless boy racer it was an honest mistake I started crying when I realised I ran it

IrishZeus

Can anyone here say they have never made a mistake? Leave the poor kid alone, lesson learned - there are people with full licenses out there that do much stupider things in cars!

cojomo2

spotsanddots wrote: »

I am a safe driver guys ..would probably have passed the test but i've only just got a date that suited and its coming up soon( had to wait a year i just failed by 3 pts the first time ).
I am not some reckless boy racer it was an honest mistake I started crying when I realised I ran it

:eek:

rebel.ranter

IrishZeus wrote: »

Can anyone here say they have never made a mistake?

That is a fair comment but the crying bit was a bit excessive OP!

TouchingVirus

OP, be more alert the next time and get your driving priorities right; If you are in the wrong lane nobody gets hurt and you can turn around or adjust your driving route accordingly whereas if you run a red light there is a chance of serious injury. Don't go out without a fully licensed driver in future, you're clearly lacking some skills necessary to drive on your own. Everything takes time

All that aside, that thing atop the red light is just a traffic sensor monitoring how heavy traffic is so it can adjust the length of the green light.

Re: Islandbridge, that gatso-type thing on the map has since been replaced by a newer, taller camera but yes, I'm pretty sure it's a red light camera only as friends of mine have gone past it considerably faster than the 50kph limit and never gotten a ticket.

Gophur

spotsanddots wrote: »

I am a safe driver guys ...........

Oh no you're not!

I hope you learn from your mistake. First step is to accept it is illegal, and dangerous, for you to drive unaccompanied. Do not drive unaccompanied until you are certified fit to drive alone.

drunkmonkey

spotsanddots wrote: »

I am a safe driver guys

Save it for the Judge:)

spotsanddots

yes I am..you have not seen me drive so you have no idea. I made one mistake that i know was stupid.You don't know that stretch of road the lights on it were not even working properly earlier that morning so imagine what accidents could have been caused then..I was focusing on the road and there were not cars around at the time.

Gary ITR

I have to laugh at you lot. We've all made mistakes, I challenge anybody to come on here and say they've not made a mistake while driving

OP That camera is most likely a sensor for traffic. You should learn from this and be more careful in future though

Muckie

Live and learn OP. Been driving years and i've done it myself, distracted and not paying attention, crashed a few times also, older and wiser now (i think).

So put it down to experience and move on good luck with your driving test too when it comes up.

Plazaman

spotsanddots wrote: »

.....it was an honest mistake I started crying when I realised I ran it

Crying whilst driving is a highly dangerous activity as it diminishes your visual accuity and if the salt and bitterness from your tears get onto the steering wheel it could disolve right in front of you and then where would you be driving illegally with no steering wheel?

TonyStark

spotsanddots wrote: »

yes I am..you have not seen me drive so you have no idea. I made one mistake that i know was stupid.You don't know that stretch of road the lights on it were not even working properly earlier that morning so imagine what accidents could have been caused then..I was focusing on the road and there were not cars around at the time.

You made three mistakes:

- Taking the car without your mum's permission
- You were unable to control your vehicle you either ran it on purpose, or you were driving too fast to bring it too a safe stop in time for the lights.
- If you'd know the lights were not working properly earlier in the day then you should have approached them with caution.

You were lucky you didn't kill someone today, you should grow up and realise that life does not start or end with whether you will get in trouble with your Mammy and that there could have been more serious consequences from your actions. If you were focusing on the road you would have been able to stop your car in time.

There is a reason why running a red light is an automatic fail in a driving test.

SV

TonyStark wrote: »

You made three mistakes:

- Taking the car without your mum's permission
- You were unable to control your vehicle you either ran it on purpose, or you were driving too fast to bring it too a safe stop in time for the lights.
- If you'd know the lights were not working properly earlier in the day then you should have approached them with caution.

You were lucky you didn't kill someone today, you should grow up and realise that life does not start or end with whether you will get in trouble with your Mammy and that there could have been more serious consequences from your actions. If you were focusing on the road you would have been able to stop your car in time.

There is a reason why running a red light is an automatic fail in a driving test.

You're responsible for thousands of innocent deaths around the world Tony, just cos you're Ironman now you think you can talk.
Get down off the high horse!

Fizman

It should be illegal to cry behind the wheel while driving. Vision impaired etc

:pac:

spotsanddots

Look at the image guys..there was no one around and I managed to stop at the lights up ahead...and the previous lights..I didn't ball crying tears just rolling down my face...My dad lets me drive my mothers car because he knows I am a good driver.It was a simple mistake if you know the junction i'm taking about you would understand how ridiculous it is!

Heroditas

In before the lock :pac:

corktina

take no notice, you wont do it again Im sure...good luck in the test.

mikom

spotsanddots wrote: »

I am a safe driver guys

Gotta go to Kmart.

Gophur

Gary ITR wrote: »

I have to laugh at you lot. We've all made mistakes, I challenge anybody to come on here and say they've not made a mistake while driving

............

What's that got to do with anything?
The OP did something dangerous. Whether anyone else ever did something is irrelevant.

MugMugs

You're going down OP. Downtown to China town. It's not a camera though. It's just put there by motors boardsies to scare red light breaking learners who drive unaccompanied.

SV

Gophur wrote: »

What's that got to do with anything?
The OP did something dangerous. Whether anyone else ever did something is irrelevant.

If they did it takes away their right to lecture.
So of course it's relevant.

Let who is without sin cast the first stone and all that jazz.

Gary ITR

SV wrote: »

If they did it takes away their right to lecture.
So of course it's relevant.

Let who is without sin cast the first stone and all that jazz.

Indeed

Anybody would think the op was a terrorist the way some of you are carrying on

Owen

John_Rambo wrote: »

Exactly, did you not think of the children when you got behind the wheel?

Brilliant! Funniest thing I've read all day

coolbeans

Gary ITR wrote: »

Indeed

Anybody would think the op was a terrorist the way some of you are carrying on

The OP IS a terroist!

RustyNut

A lot of high horsery going on here, having said that you might want to rethink your I'm a safe driver attitude,no one hurt, no damage done, learn the lesson and move on. If that's the worst thing you ever do it won't be to bad.

spotsanddots

RustyNut wrote: »

A lot of high horsery going on here, having said that you might want to rethink your I'm a safe driver attitude,no one hurt, no damage done, learn the lesson and move on. If that's the worst thing you ever do it won't be to bad.

I have learnt my lesson..I just want to be sure it was just a traffic counter and not a red light checker?

stevenmu

spotsanddots wrote: »

Look at the image guys..there was no one around and I managed to stop at the lights up ahead...and the previous lights..I didn't ball crying tears just rolling down my face...My dad lets me drive my mothers car because he knows I am a good driver.It was a simple mistake if you know the junction i'm taking about you would understand how ridiculous it is!

I'll give you a hint here, trying to justify it by claiming the junction is bad isn't going to win you much support, you need to be able to stop at every single red light, not just the ones on easy junctions. Trying to justify it is just telling everyone that you're really not ready to be driving alone.

You're much better off just accepting the mistake and learning to never do it again, no matter what junctions you are at. And also learn to be aware of absolutely everything happening around you, if you focus too much on one thing, you will be completely caught out by something else.

It's a shocking mistake to make, and I'll be honest here, I've done it twice, once not long after I'd started driving and again after I'd been driving 5/6 years. I'm still shocked/embarrassed that I did it, and tbh the only response that I think is appropriate is to beat yourself over the head with it until you're sure you won't do it again.

no1beemerfan

Jaysus....I'd love to see the reaction if we all came on here and admitted to something stupid that we had done... :eek:


Learn from it op and it will make you a safer driver. Best of luck in the test!

RustyNut

spotsanddots wrote: »

I have learnt my lesson..I just want to be sure it was just a traffic counter and not a red light checker?

I think your ok on that front. Good luck with the test.

Gophur

SV wrote: »

If they did it takes away their right to lecture.
So of course it's relevant.

Let who is without sin cast the first stone and all that jazz.

And that is 100% BS.

The worst driver in the world is perfectly entitled to point out if someone else has done something stupid.

Any other Biblical sayings for us?

Funny how people resort to that kind of talk to defend wrongdoing?

spotsanddots

stevenmu wrote: »

I'll give you a hint here, trying to justify it by claiming the junction is bad isn't going to win you much support, you need to be able to stop at every single red light, not just the ones on easy junctions. Trying to justify it is just telling everyone that you're really not ready to be driving alone.

You're much better off just accepting the mistake and learning to never do it again, no matter what junctions you are at. And also learn to be aware of absolutely everything happening around you, if you focus too much on one thing, you will be completely caught out by something else.

It's a shocking mistake to make, and I'll be honest here, I've done it twice, once not long after I'd started driving and again after I'd been driving 5/6 years. I'm still shocked/embarrassed that I did it, and tbh the only response that I think is appropriate is to beat yourself over the head with it until you're sure you won't do it again.

I 100% realise it was the wrong thing to do..i did not do it on purpose!!!!!!!
I would just like to know if i could be fined..was it a traffic light sensor..does any1 100% fact that it is?

John_Rambo

stevenmu wrote: »

I'm still shocked/embarrassed that I did it, and tbh the only response that I think is appropriate is to beat yourself over the head with it until you're sure you won't do it again.

I ran a red light by accident and pulled in to the side of the road (I indicated of course) put on my hazard lights and punched myself in the jaw till I passed out. I never did it again.

Liam Byrne

TonyStark wrote: »

You made three mistakes:

- Taking the car without your mum's permission
- You were unable to control your vehicle you either ran it on purpose, or you were driving too fast to bring it too a safe stop in time for the lights.
- If you'd know the lights were not working properly earlier in the day then you should have approached them with caution.

+1

OP - you need to admit that all 3 items above were wrong. You should not have been driving the car.

Aside from that, ditch the justification in relation to the junction being "hard", because lots of junctions are hard.

And then remember how you feel at the moment (and imagine how you would feel if you'd run over someone), and count yourself lucky.

If you learn from the above 3 mistakes, then at least something good has come out of it.

But you won't learn if you try to justify yourself by saying that the junction is difficult.

Thatnastyboy

spotsanddots wrote: »

I ran a red light today by accident can any one tell me if this image is of a red light checker on top of the traffic lights.
Thing is i'm only a learner and i was driving my mum's car without her and she doesn't know and will kill me

http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Newbridge+near+Cutlery+Road&hl=en&ll=53.177183,-6.796074&spn=0.007806,0.01929&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=7.956687,19.753418&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.177253,-6.795971&panoid=qEcIuxeedjbscbLNUGNJ4Q&cbp=12,59.03,,0,18.72

I know the junction very well, theres no camera as you mention. dont worry.

Which way were you going? towards dunnes or down the cutlery road or towards ryston?

Hardly the end of the world in any case, theres not 4 lanes there though. The lights change quite quickly there at times and red lights are often badly broken by people there.

Besides, every one goes through the odd 'amber' light at some point or another but its bad practise because of what the warriors have been pointing out to you eg someone crossing the road etc..

There was no need for the slating you are after getting, for a thread in the motoring forum there's a lot of high horses running around

Either way, just take more care next time, keep an eye on whats going on around you, when you approach a junction and you see the light has been green for some time: slow down, it's probably going to go red soon. the 30 second wait wont kill you, also when you're stopped you might get to glance at an attractive boy/girl strolling to the whitewater :pac:

spotsanddots

Liam Byrne wrote: »

+1

OP - you need to admit that all 3 items above were wrong. You should not have been driving the car.

Aside from that, ditch the justification in relation to the junction being "hard", because lots of junctions are hard.

And then remember how you feel at the moment (and imagine how you would feel if you'd run over someone), and count yourself lucky.

If you learn from the above 3 mistakes, then at least something good has come out of it.

But you won't learn if you try to justify yourself by saying that the junction is difficult.

1.the junction is not difficult I was not fully focused..i was focusing on getting in lane and didn't see the traffic light!
2.I know i shouldn't have been driving without a full licensed driver
3.I am not trying to justify anything but if you knew the road as i do you could understand my point of view better!

IamtheWalrus

drunkmonkey wrote: »

the second one was while someone was giving out to me in the car for running the first red light. Can happen the best of us.

You deliberately ran the 2nd light to piss off someone?

Henry Ford III

2 errors OP. If you learnt a lesson from both no harm done.

SV

Gophur wrote: »

And that is 100% BS.

The worst driver in the world is perfectly entitled to point out if someone else has done something stupid.

Any other Biblical sayings for us?

Funny how people resort to that kind of talk to defend wrongdoing?

Nope, it's completely true. You've fúck all right to lecture. He knows what he did was wrong. If you've ever made a mistake on the road then your right to lecture? Gone out the window.

By the way, it's a biblical saying that's made it way into every culture. So don't even think about pulling that bullshít.
I'm not Christian.

spotsanddots

SV wrote: »

He knows what he did was wrong.

She knows she was wrong

Alanstrainor

Lesson learned OP. Everyone posting in this thread has done similar or worse. The important thing is that you know a mistake was made, you will learn from it, and know that, Learner Permit holder or not, you never stop learning.

I'm going to close this now. OP send me a PM if you want it re-opened.

Closed.