Hi, Guest
07-25-2009, 08:59 PM
Well, I've never really had any dealings with Red Light Cameras before, but I may or may not have been caught by one a few days ago.
I was headed eastbound on the River Parkway/Wellington past the War Museum, and just before getting to the intersection of Wellington and Booth, the light turned amber. I honestly did not have time to stop my vehicle safely (you know those times when it's going to change just as you get to it, and you have to make a split decision?), and continued through. I realized after the fact, that it was a Red Light Camera Equipped intersection, and began to worry that I might've got tagged.
I looked on the city of Ottawa website this morning, and they indicated that the Camera system only photographs vehicles that ENTER the intersection when the light is already red, and they don't photograph vehicles that are in the intersection when the light is amber. I was halfway or more through the intersection on the amber, so I think I might be ok.
I know that trying to get through a light isn't a safe driving practice, and I seldom ever go through a light at all. In this circumstance, the light changed to amber when I was less than 25M from the entry of the intersection, and was amber until I was 3/4 of the way across (this is a BIG/Wide intersection in Ottawa).
I wonder if I'm gonna be ok this time, and not get a ticket in the mail?
I was headed eastbound on the River Parkway/Wellington past the War Museum, and just before getting to the intersection of Wellington and Booth, the light turned amber. I honestly did not have time to stop my vehicle safely (you know those times when it's going to change just as you get to it, and you have to make a split decision?), and continued through. I realized after the fact, that it was a Red Light Camera Equipped intersection, and began to worry that I might've got tagged.
I looked on the city of Ottawa website this morning, and they indicated that the Camera system only photographs vehicles that ENTER the intersection when the light is already red, and they don't photograph vehicles that are in the intersection when the light is amber. I was halfway or more through the intersection on the amber, so I think I might be ok.
I know that trying to get through a light isn't a safe driving practice, and I seldom ever go through a light at all. In this circumstance, the light changed to amber when I was less than 25M from the entry of the intersection, and was amber until I was 3/4 of the way across (this is a BIG/Wide intersection in Ottawa).
I wonder if I'm gonna be ok this time, and not get a ticket in the mail?
Bleeding Ford Blue again...