Traffic light... yellow light timing rule in Centennial (Denver, Littleton: insurance, credit)

[Mystery123]

I ran through a red light near Centennial airport.
I go through that light everyday and thought/remembered it had longer yellow light before changing to red but maybe they changed the timing.

So by the time I was right before the white line, I saw light changed to Red and was too late to stop @ 40mph speed zone.
I'm not hoping but expecting a ticket as there are cameras on top of all four traffic light posts.

I researched and found that the yellow light must be timed 1 sec for each 10 mile speed limit but didn't find a specific Denver/Centennial DMV site mentioning this.
After the light, speed limit is 35mph down from 40mph before the light.
I calculated the yellow light timing and looks like it's around/slightly over 3 secs but definitely not 4 secs.


Is there a rule for these in Centennial?
I really hate to get a ticket due to 1 second in my clean driving record of ever...
We'll see what happens in a week or so.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by Mystery123

I ran through a red light near Centennial airport.
I go through that light everyday and thought/remembered it had longer yellow light before changing to red but maybe they changed the timing.

So by the time I was right before the white line, I saw light changed to Red and was too late to stop @ 40mph speed zone.
I'm not hoping but expecting a ticket as there are cameras on top of all four traffic light posts.

I researched and found that the yellow light must be timed 1 sec for each 10 mile speed limit but didn't find a specific Denver/Centennial DMV site mentioning this.
After the light, speed limit is 35mph down from 40mph before the light.
I calculated the yellow light timing and looks like it's around/slightly over 3 secs but definitely not 4 secs.


Is there a rule for these in Centennial?
I really hate to get a ticket due to 1 second in my clean driving record of ever...
We'll see what happens in a week or so.

I believe since it is a camera it will have no affect on your driving record. You will just get a fine.

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

I believe since it is a camera it will have no affect on your driving record. You will just get a fine.

I think this is right.

Camera tickets are like parking tickets. No points.

[Mystery123]

So I do have to pay or can claim them to prove it was me?

I remember there were some rule changes and some news on this topic last year.

http://kdvr.com/2011/04/28/photo-rad...re-written-on/

Colorado Revised Statute 42-4-110.5 requires that, in the case of a traffic violation detected by an “automatic vehicle identification system” (e.g., a traffic camera), the city must “serve the penalty assessment notice or summons and complaint for the alleged violation on the defendant no later than ninety days after the alleged violation occurred.”
Pursuant to Denver Revised Municipal Code sections 54-821, 54-823 and 54-830, the city is required to notify you of your alleged violation via a Penalty Assessment Notice or summons and complaint. Either of these must be
(1) handed to you by a police officer or process server,
(2) left at your residence with a person aged 18 or older, or
(3) mailed to you at your last known residence via certified mail, return receipt requested.

[livecontent]

Wow--you are a like a nervous old lady...

You have not got a ticket yet--you may never get a ticket. So, why worry now and waste all this effort.

Live for today and stop fretting about tomorrow. Trust me, that is good lesson to learn!

If and when you get the ticket, then address the issue. It may have some information added to the mailing that may already answer your questions.

Go take a walk; make love; eat a pizza; have some ice cream; drink a beer...read a book...just relax!

Livecontent

[Mystery123]

Originally Posted by livecontent

Wow--you are a like a nervous old lady...

You have not got a ticket yet--you may never get a ticket. So, why worry now and waste all this effort.

Live for today and stop fretting about tomorrow. Trust me, that is good lesson to learn!

If and when you get the ticket, then address the issue. It may have some information added to the mailing that may already answer your questions.

Go take a walk; make love; eat a pizza; have some ice cream; drink a beer...read a book...just relax!

Livecontent

I'm a nervous old lady.
Wait, let me check... okay I'm not that.

Hopefully, that fraction of a second won't issue a ticket.
I never had traffic violation and I'm a safe driver so it worries me if I get into this type of situation when I don't deliberately try to break the rules.
Now let me go take a walk, eat a pizza, don't drink beer so that's out, book reading is fun? so that's out, ice cream is good and the 2nd one has to wait...

[livecontent]

Originally Posted by Mystery123

I'm a nervous old lady.
Wait, let me check... okay I'm not that.

Hopefully, that fraction of a second won't issue a ticket.
I never had traffic violation and I'm a safe driver so it worries me if I get into this type of situation when I don't deliberately try to break the rules.
Now let me go take a walk, eat a pizza, don't drink beer so that's out, book reading is fun? so that's out, ice cream is good and the 2nd one has to wait...

Sure we sometimes worry about getting a ticket when we do something wrong. I have not had a ticket in 18 years; very few in the past and never really that serious--I am in my 60s. I have an excellent driving record, outstanding credit, I am older, I am a long term resident, I own my own house etc. etc. etc. Therefore my insurance rates are very low.

BUT, the time will come when I will receive another traffic ticket. I just accept it because I know there have been many, many, many times I should have been given a traffic ticket. I may have gone through a light...missed a stop sign...drove too fast and so on...

So, as a senior, I drive real slow in the passing lane ...slumping down in the seat under my fedora hat...my left turn signal always on...constantly hitting the brakes... I must be doing a good job driving because other drivers are always saying hello by honking and blinking their lights, yelling a greeting...and waving with one finger...

Livecontent

[Winter01]

Those cameras are all over Littleton too. My husband got nailed in the same intersection twice making a turn on a yellow to red during extreme backed up rush hour in the tech center. He remembers seeing the flash and it was just too late because he had already been in the intersection when the light changed so there was really nothing he could do. The good thing is they don't go on your record. The bad thing is the $$$$. He stopped going that route so he could avoid that intersection.

I love what my brother in law did when he realized the camera was going to go off and he was going to get a ticket. He flipped off the camera--just in time. It is in the picture on the citation they mailed him, which I think is hysterical. He's got talent and is a very funny person.....but a horrible driver.

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by Winter01

My husband got nailed in the same intersection twice making a turn on a yellow to red during extreme backed up rush hour in the tech center. He remembers seeing the flash and it was just too late because he had already been in the intersection when the light changed so there was really nothing he could do.

If your husband entered the intersection before it turned red, then he didn't run it. They actually sent him a ticket for that???

[headingtoDenver]

I got one a year or so back. It is a 0 point ticket and it isn't even reported to the DMV to go on your driving record. If the cameras went off, a police officer will actually review the images taken and if they can clearly make out the driver, the license plate, and the fact that the light was indeed red before you cross the white line, they will send you the ticket. The total fine is like 60 bucks or something. When you receive the ticket in the mail, you will see the images and they will also give you a link to review video taken. (At least this is what happened to me when I got mine on Arapahoe).

Yes you can contest it and take it to court if you wish. For me, it was easier to pay the fine instead of taking off work, etc.