Double standard? No, I just do what's safer for me, in every circumstance. The law is not relevant to my decisions. I don't go the wrong way down streets, because I think it's unsafe. I don't ride on the sidewalk for the same reason. I wear a helmet because I believe it is safer. I always wait at the light at wide streets with 2 way traffic, because I think that's the safer thing. I believe it's safer for me to go though a clear light on a small street than to wait there next to cars who don't care that I'm 12 inches away from them. I don't care if it's illegal. If I get a ticket, so be it, there's no arguing that it's not against the law. I believe that it's safer, and I'll gladly trade the occasional ticket for that safety (not that I have ever gotten one).

Note that this applies to where I live, I don't know what conditions are like where you are. If it was safer there, I'd stop at every light.