Originally Posted by
cplager
In many places, they have "bicycles and motorcycles can run red lights if not sensed" laws in place. Many places that have sensors that don't pick up bicycles also don't have pedestrian switches (or even cross walks).
That's true. On my side of town, I know which lights will sense me and which will not, so some I will go through (especially if there is no car at the intersection that may have tripped the mechanism) and some I will wait. But I never think through whether my actions will vilify bicyclists as a whole; I'm just out riding my bike, I'm really not trying to be a
PR guy for cyclists everywhere.