how much of your car has to be in the intersection for a red light camera...

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...to take your picture? on my way to work, there is a stop light in the middle of a 2 lane highway. i was giong the speed limit, but when the light turned yellow, i tried to stop but since i was going freeway speeds, my car went about 1/4 the way into the intersection. there was no one behind me so i backed up.

if it did take my pic, is there anything i could say if i brought it to court? i mean i was honestly trying to abide by the law, i shouldnt be punished for that right?
 
The trigger point is a line that crosses your street. That line is located along the nearside curb of the street you are crossing from corner to corner. The cross walk is not the detection zone, neither is the stop bar. You might see a red line that marks the red light detector on the pavement. Usually, there is about a 2 second delay after the light turns red before it senses that you have entered into the intersection on the red (AZ). So, your best course of action is to continue through the intersection. They are looking for gross violations of the red light, not those near miss judgment calls that could go either way. So, if the yellow light is 4-5 seconds, then you have a 2 cushion on the red light camera, you'll have about 6-7 seconds to stop - more than enough time to stop comfortably if you are paying attention. Without knowing what intersection you were at and the speed limits at that intersection, the above is all I can offer.
 
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