speaking of breaking the rules. I make every effort to follow them. however, recently I made a small deviation. I crossed with the light but went the wrong way in the bike lane. I normally go straight (across Mass Ave) with the light, then wait in a painted green box to make the left (crossing Mystic Rd) . however, being that it was a blizzard, & the traffic was light, when the left crossing light lit, I followed the pedestrian, but in the bike lane, the wrong way. right past a cop. hoping for desperate understanding, which I guess I got. but you should have seen his face: "OK, you're nutz but I'm not nutz enough to get out in this sh*t to tell you"
but then later I crossed the correct way (church bells included!)