I'm familiar with that stretch of road. I ride it regularly. (Victoria Avenue, right?) I treat the stop signs as yield signs. I coast up to them and if there's no cars comming, I ride through. If there's a car, I will make eye contact. Lots of times they will wave me through. I always give a little salute back. A couple of times I have slowed for an intersection, only to have another cyclist blow through, scaring the crap out of me. In my opinion, you have to use common sense.
Yep ypu are right, just rode 3- miles through there last night.
You do not need a collage degree...
I do not know if you know but it is not easy to be hired as a police officer, 9 months later and you can be dqed for the smallest thing. Funny thing is many cops have degrees, look at myself, lots of college wanting to be cops.
What we really need is cops that understand bicyclists... not to many bike cops pulling other bicyclists over...
Oh ya and I would never run through a light... dangerous...