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Meh, I guess he/she tried to anticipate the signal change (based on experience driving the same route all the time?) and just got it wrong by a couple of seconds.
Indeed, nearly all "professional" drivers (I use this term very loosey) tend to do that, I got freaked out by one accelerating moment after the red light disappear.
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Meh, I guess he/she tried to anticipate the signal change (based on experience driving the same route all the time?) and just got it wrong by a couple of seconds.
Still an offence though (according to this page, I haven't dug into the legislation to confirm):-
http://www.motorlawyers.co.uk/offences/traffic_lights.php
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Q: I was in a queue of stop/start traffic. The lights changed as I was on the line. Have I committed an offence?
If you stop immediately, you have not committed an offence regardless of the fact that part of the vehicle is past the stop line. An offence is committed if you attempt to proceed further when the light is red. The rules are, the offence is committed if you do not come to an immediate halt.
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