After running a red light, the illegal photo notification SMS is usually received within 3 to 7 days, and at the latest within about 13 days. However, some cities now offer "instant electronic police capture alerts," where you can receive an SMS notification within 5-10 minutes of being captured. But this notification does not equate to a traffic violation; it merely serves as a capture alert. The final determination of whether it constitutes a violation still takes 3-7 days. If it is indeed a violation, you will receive another SMS notification. For traffic violations captured by surveillance cameras, vehicle owners generally do not receive the violation SMS immediately. There is a delay, and the duration of this delay can vary. This is because after the electronic camera captures the violation, the relevant violation information needs to be transmitted through a dedicated channel to the traffic police management center, where it is compiled before being handed over to the relevant traffic police department staff for verification. Once confirmed as a violation, the system automatically retrieves the vehicle owner's phone number based on the license plate information and then sends the violation details via SMS to the owner, who will then receive the corresponding violation message. After receiving the violation SMS, the vehicle owner must go to the local traffic police department or handle it online within one month before the annual vehicle inspection. Generally, if a vehicle owner suspects they have committed a violation, they can use 15 days as a benchmark. If no violation SMS is received beyond 15 days, it is likely that no violation was recorded. Traffic Violation Query Methods: Traffic violation queries refer to checking motor vehicle violations of traffic management through online methods or query terminals. Methods for querying vehicle violations include vehicle violation websites, phone queries, SMS queries, mobile app queries, and offline terminal queries. Website Query: You can search for "vehicle violation query" and enter your vehicle information to check. Phone Query: To query violations, you can call the local 114 (area code + 114) or 12580 for traffic violation confirmation. Violations can only be processed at the location of the violation or the vehicle license plate issuance location. For on-the-spot violations, such as those directly caught by traffic police, they must be handled at the location of the violation. SMS Query: Open your phone's SMS composition interface; enter "WZ [license plate number] [license plate color]" in the message content; enter "1062650001" as the recipient and click send. Mobile App Query: Taking the iOS system as an example, open the Traffic Management 12123 app (iOS 15 or above, version V2.8.1B437, or Android 12 or above, version V2.8.1B274), select "Violation Query," and clear any unresolved violations. Offline Terminal Query: You can visit the local traffic management hall and use the self-service query machine to enter your license plate number and check recent violation records.
