Originally Posted by
topbanana
It wasn't even running a red light in the sense that the light turned red and I went across the street in front of cars crossing the intersection. I was waiting at a red light and waited for the crossing traffic's light to turn red. When their light turned red, I quickly went across the intersection while my light was still red to get a jump on the traffic. Then a motorcycle cop is behind me for running a red light.
Okay, that's crazy. It's not like you even barreled across in the middle of a red light while the cross traffic had a green.
They seem to be more lax here in DC (knock on wood!). Earlier today, I stopped at a red, waited for a bit, looked for traffic, didn't see any, looked again to be sure, then went ahead & crossed on red -- all while a police cruiser was a couple cars behind me. I even crossed at the same time as a pedestrian right next to me.