Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
If you choose to wait for green lights and make full stops at empty intersections with clear lines of sight, in order to avoid collisions with vehicles that come from nowhere, so be it.
If I had a similar fear of collision with vehicles coming from nowhere I wouldn't feel safe from these magical vehicles even with a green light, or after a full stop, or anywhere else while cycling; with the rules of the road or without them.
Cars do go through intersections here at 100km/h+ and it's fairly hilly. If I can't see as far as a car can travel at that speed in the time it would to take me to cross the intersection there's no point risking it. It has nothing to do with magic, I just make it a point to be never be in that much of a hurry unless it's an emergency. I also never trust drivers to be paying attention or behaving safely and you may find it silly, but this kind of defensiveness has saved my bacon many times.