I guess I'll stop at the red and run it in the early AM with little to no traffic around. I was thinking of the time I ran it in front of a police cruiser in Davis but it had a bike lane there, so there was no reason for me to stop unless the perpendicular traffic was left turning onto my bike lane. And the officer had every opportunity to stop me as he was on the right lane and in front of the light. Maybe I got lucky, or maybe it really was legal, so I had to ask if it's legal. And Davis is a pretty bike-friendly city that would enforce some laws at least sometimes - I was stopped and warned for no headlight at dawn and ticketed for a slow roll through a stop sign.

But if I'm behind a few cyclists who run the T here, I'm goin' with them. Legal or not, I do believe there's no point as long as I watch for pedestrians and other vehicles, especially if I'll be holding up bike traffic behind me since that seems to be the norm to run it. I feel it's one of those laws that just don't make sense and has minimal benefit to safety or convenience, such as no U-turn signs but left turns are ok when there's room for a safe U-turn.