writes:

Even if he had seen "the prior events", there need be no reason to
"nick" the driver.

Depends what they were. You're being particularly obtuse today.

You must have a seriously wide-band obtuse-ometer! He always saturates
mine off the scale on any day of the week.

"Drivers caught crossing the first or second advanced stop lines when
the signal is red will be liable for a £60 fixed penalty charge and
three points on their licence. The only exception to this rule is if
the traffic signal changes from green to amber and drivers cannot
safely stop before the first stop line."

`Caught' in this context refers to the all-seeing eye of the council
CCTV camera. ISTR Bertie started a thread about it in here at the time
and JNugent is most likely trying to re-run the same argument he lost
last time in the hope of winning it this time.

Everyone---including the authors of the above cited announcement---knows
that the local dibble cannot be relied upon not to turn a blind eye to
this crime and probably repeatedly commit it themselves whilst motoring
home. Hence the criminal prosecution rate since ASLs were first painted
on and the perceived need to decriminalise enforcement. The attitude of
the London police force could not be made any plainer than what they
write in URL:http://www.tinyurl.com/ASLadvice without questions about
their council tax precept being asked.

--
Mark