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Old 30-05-11, 09:46 PM   #1
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Does going through a set of red lights at road works carry the same penalty as doing the same at 'normal traffic lights'. I was out on the bike this afternoon on a country road and a Landrover stopped at a red light whilst I road through the road works then soon as the road was clear drove through the red light past the
road works! He did have clear vision through them.
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Old 30-05-11, 09:57 PM   #2
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Default Re: Road Works Traffic Lights:

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Does going through a set of red lights at road works carry the same penalty as doing the same at 'normal traffic lights'. I was out on the bike this afternoon on a country road and a Landrover stopped at a red light whilst I road through the road works then soon as the road was clear drove through the red light past the
road works! He did have clear vision through them.
Nope they are not legally traffic signals.

If something were to happen and it was proven that he had run the red then there would be a dangerous or careless driving case to answer I believe, but nothing involving jumping a red.
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Old 30-05-11, 10:07 PM   #3
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Paging Bluepete.

I think there is a something in one of the Road Traffic Acts regarding roadworks. I have ran the reds on them when is quiet (where all the hazards are identifiable)
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Old 30-05-11, 10:09 PM   #4
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Default Re: Road Works Traffic Lights:

Found this re temp lights ,
Q: What is the legal status of temporary traffic lights? A colleague of mine says that if you can safely see the way ahead is clear, you do not have to stop at a red temporary light, is this true?
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A: Your colleague is wrong. If a set of temporary traffic lights are showing red, you do have to stop, by law. The 1994 Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions gave portable temporary lights at road works and temporary road traffic control schemes equal validity with permanent lights and signs.

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Old 30-05-11, 10:22 PM   #5
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The peak district is full of them as the road are falling apart.

Normally at 5am when I'm passing through they have stopped functioning and are stuck on red in both directions... It's so dangerous but you have to go through, or do a 20 mile diversion.
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Old 30-05-11, 10:57 PM   #6
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You will be charged if caught.
The same applies to red X on overhead gantries (closing lane)
I work on Roads Maintenance
On a recent occasion, late at night on M8 through Glasgow
The Police set up on mass at the start of lane closures and requested the presence of drivers of drivers
who had come through the red X's on the tapers down.

There has been a campaign recently on gantry signs
RED X IS MANDATORY
You have been warned
Believe me, the offenders are an easy target to catch.

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Old 30-05-11, 11:51 PM   #7
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If I can see through and there's sufficient time to get through then I ignore them because a bike rarely trips the sensors and you'll wait an age for them to change.
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Old 30-05-11, 11:57 PM   #8
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Usually find at 5am someone has thrown the feckers into the ditch anyway
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Old 31-05-11, 05:27 AM   #9
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Three points, £60 fine. There's even a specific FPN code for red ATS at roadworks to differentiate the offence from static junction ATS.

Oh, and agree with SMcG about the red X's on motorways. Don't do it. Three and sixty.

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Old 31-05-11, 06:14 AM   #10
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They changed the law some time back. Problem is they never make it easy to fnd out ,so older drivers live by one set of rules.
But as there reliability is still questionable it should be suspended.
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