Originally Posted by
JPprivate
no, but it improves your odds.
Statistically it does, clearly, because most drivers don't just charge through a red light. I think it's kind of like flipping a coin, though -- the fact that the last 99 flips came up heads has no influence on the outcome of the next flip, and the fact that the last 99 drivers through this intersection stopped on the red has no influence on whether the next one will. Assume that the driver may be distracted, lost, angry, texting or on the phone, yelling at the kids in the back seat or late for a meeting, and you're probably best off.