I do recall someone asking this exact question on one of those road rules segments with Inspector Royle one day on 94.5Bonez wrote:What a great question for Inspector Neil Royal on 6PR.... hehe give him a ring and instead of whinging about roads and intersections, ask him a real question
I'd also love to know the answer!
From memory, the official answer was that you commit an offence if you go beyond the white line. However the Inspector also said that if you were captured on a red light camera, the emergency vehicle would no doubt also be in the frame.
He said that in such a situation if you felt the fine to be unfair, you could write in and ask for that to be taken into account. Whether it would be successful depended on the individual circumstances.
That seemed like the best answer possible -of course the Inspector can't give people carte blanche permission to go jumping red lights, that would be silly. But I think considering each situation on its merits is the best option there.
As would I, if I thought I could do it safely.vk6hgr wrote:I'd go through if it was safe to do so.