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@Festerban
Is it even worth bothering?
What actually happened was that I was approaching the junction of Aldersgate/Long Lane, a police car in front of me goes through on the green and I follow, he waits to turn right into Long Lane and I'm trackstanding behiond and to the right of him. The light turns amber and I think 'Fuck waiting for him to move' so I take the right turning. I hear a shout 'Oi! Red lights are for you as well you know!' now usually I adopt the yes mr.copper, so sorry mr.copper, won't do it again mr.copper attitude as I really can't be arsed with fines. On this occasion though I couldn't help myself in the heat of the moment
"What are you on about? I clearly went through the light when it was green and turned whilst it was on amber to avoid getting caught in the junction",
"No mate, I went through the light when it was amber and you came through 5 seconds after it turned red, I'm gonna have to give you a ticket"
In short WAFFFFFFFFFFC
Is it worth contesting the decision or should I just take this one on the chin for all the times I have jumped reds in front of coppers and they've done nothing?