i was driving down an intersection and waited to make a right. the light turned yellow, then red. i made a full stop and looked both ways. then i began to make a right turn. i saw a pedestrian just begin to start walking and i stopped. we made eye contact and i took the right turn. now i know that the pedestrian has the right of way and i should have stopped but i got nervous and took the right turn anyways. that is a mistake on my part and i realize it. i think that what happened was i got nervous for some reason and decided to take the turn because just as i was ready to turn she began to walk. i did not cut her off because she was JUST beginning to walk and she stopped for me. i know that there is a traffic camera there so my question is, will i be getting a ticket? technically traffic cameras can see this right? i do feel really awful about this, and i wish that i would have been more patient and calm.
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The automatic ticket systems use metal detectors in the road to tell where there are cars, and whether to issue a ticket. The photographs are used only to determine the license plate number of the vehicle. The system does not detect pedestrians.
Hate to say it, but im a bicyclist, and we just hate drivers like this. She stopped for you because you are a car and she is a person......duh. Car usually wins in that situation. What if you are not payin attention as in this case you werent. you looked both ways, but were not paying attention one bit to people walking. If you were really paying attention, you would have known that the person was there 10 sec before you got to the intersection. Watch for that next time, and even in that positon, look in your passenger side rear view before turning. there may be a bicyclist coming on your flank.
As for the ticket....those cameras are only made to take a photo of moving vehicles in an all-red situation. It shoots video, but the video is only brought up if you get a ticket in the mail. dont sweat it unless you see a flash. It is not like there is a person at a desk monitoring all activities at all the camera lights. That would take half the department to do.
P.S.----Just for this case....I generally go with traffic all the time so that those "right turners" will see me. But you should always look to your right all the time anyways, because most of drivers do not look right for those pedestrians, and most bikers who are not edcuated on the rules of the road ride against traffic, so they can "see the oncoming cars". Those people get hit by the guy pulling out of the driveways.