Atleast here, most of the time, those kinds of lights have signs for the pedestrians/cyclists, to cross when its clear if there is no button to press.

Still, as for cops ticketing cyclists, some ******* on a bike kept trying to pass between me and the car (in the same lane, no separate bike lane) while the street car stopped every couple of blocks to service passengers. Here you must stop behind the doors of the street car, its also a rather busy street during rush hour (which it was), not the kind of place you just change lanes for fun. None the less after about 3 or 4 stops of this going on, the idiot ends up hitting the back side of my BRAND ****ING NEW bike. .... I wish there was a cop around to explain this too. Would have been nice seeing him explain why he felt the need to try to pass a streetcar, between a car and another cyclist in rush hour.

Oh and 2 UPS trucks, a Canada Post truck, and 2 idiots waiting for someone who ran into a store, all parked in the bike lanes today.

Today has not been a good day.

Jim