Originally Posted by
sportsfan266
It really depends on the situation. Sometimes I bike to work early in the morning when there are few cars on a road. If there's no cars at an intersection and it's safe to cross - I'll run the light because I haven't figured out how to trip all the traffic signal loops on the road yet and I'm not going to wait a few minutes for a car to show up.
Otherwise if there is even one car on the road near the intersection, I'll wait out the light.
This covers it for me... I have figured out how to trip the sensors... but not all the sensors work, and I know which lights won't respond on the route I use daily. And no, if there was one car around, I would not run the light. I do the same with some stop signs... no other traffic around, I'll cruise through. No one can say I am a bad example, as there is simply no one else around for me to be an example to.
What I don't do is ride up to a red light, where others are waiting and then run it. I find that rude, even if there is no cross traffic. On the other hand if I have waited at a light for a cycle, and it doesn't trigger and even if there are cars around, but no one in my lane (this happens on left turn only lights), I will wait for a safe time and then "run" the light... hey I waited, I know the light will not trigger, technically this is not running the light.