Guys,
I was driving home late last night and turned right at a T-junction where the lights were 100% amber...NOT RED.
As I'm driving down there's a car drivin pretty close behind me - blue lights start flashing and it turns out to be an unmarked police car.
I sat in the back and the driver told me I had jumped a red light. Confusion hit me coz I thought it was amber. He said no, and that it's on their camera thing in the car. I asked to see, he said no coz it's on continuous record. I apologised if I went through a red light, but it wasn't intentional and to the best of my knowledge it was amber. The guy wasn't having it and said that I could have caused an accident etc and therefore he was gonna give me a fixed penalty notice + 3 points....OR I could go to court to object.
I asked to see the video in a few days - he said no.
I asked whether my solicitor would have access to the video should the case go to court - he said no.
When I got the ticket I gave him a piece of my mind - i.e. I am a law-abiding citizen of good character with no previous criminal record; and it would have been much more appropriate to have given me a "slap on the wrist". We had a little argument - I told him he shud be chasing thieves. He said he wanted to but had to spend too much time dealin with ppl like me :!: His colleague told me to get out of the car and leave.
I'm cheesed off. Told my dad abt it and he said it's up to me whether I take this matter further.
I'm adamant that I went through an Amber light, as is my mate, so I'm seriously considering taking this to court. I'm not too sure why I wasn't allowed to see the video either!
Just wanna know from any UK ppl whether or not they've been through summat similar and what advice they've got.
The Beast is not happy.