Originally Posted by
hiyer1
Many of us commute because we value efficiency, stopping at a red light when the intersection is empty is inefficient...there are many intersections like this. 4-minute timed lights on lightly trafficed streets, red lights for empty pedestrian crossings...if I stopped at every one of those intersections my commute time would increase by at least 20 minutes.
Sounds like you need to find a different route to work.
Originally Posted by
hiyer1
Nobody should be above the law, but that doesn't mean the law is always right...In a lot of cases traffic laws are instituted and/or enforced to increase state revenue.
You can justify it any way you want, it's still illegal.
Originally Posted by
hiyer1
That said, if drivers did it all hell would break loose, but if just cyclists did it at certain, designated intersections? It would be more than manageable.
Just think what kind of mayhem would occur if everyone ignored laws they didn't agree with.