If I run a red light and get caught, how many days will it take to receive the notification?

[Victoria]

After running a red light, the text message notification for the violation 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 a text message notification within 5-10 minutes of being caught. But this notification does not mean a violation has been confirmed; it is merely a capture alert. The final determination of whether it constitutes a violation takes 3-7 days. If it is indeed a violation, you will receive another text message notification. For traffic violations captured by surveillance cameras, vehicle owners generally do not receive the violation text message immediately. There is a delay, and the length of this delay can vary. After an electronic camera captures a violation, the relevant violation information needs to be transmitted through a dedicated channel to the traffic police management center. It is then compiled and handed over to the relevant traffic police department staff for verification. If the violation is confirmed, the system automatically retrieves the vehicle owner's phone number based on the license plate information and sends the violation details via text message to the owner. After receiving the violation text message, the vehicle owner must go to the traffic police department where the violation occurred to handle the matter within one month before the vehicle's annual inspection. Generally, if a vehicle owner suspects they have committed a violation, they can use 15 days as a benchmark. If no violation text message is received after 15 days, it is likely that no violation was recorded. Methods for checking traffic violations: Traffic violation checking refers to the process of querying motor vehicle violations of traffic management regulations through the internet or query terminals. Methods for checking vehicle violations include checking through vehicle violation websites, phone queries, text message queries, and mobile app queries. Website query: You can search for "vehicle violation query" and enter your vehicle information to check. Phone query: To check for violations, you can call local 114 (area code + 114) or 12580 for confirmation. Violations can only be handled at the location where the violation occurred or at the traffic police department where the vehicle's license plate was issued. For on-the-spot violations, such as those directly caught by a traffic officer, they must be handled at the location of the violation. Text message query: Open your phone's text message interface; enter "WZ" followed by your license plate number and color in the message content; then enter 1062650001 as the recipient and click send. Mobile app query: Open the Traffic Management 12123 app, select "violation query," and find any unhandled violations to clear them.