Tick off people? By safely running a red? Huh, that's news to me. Around here, most drivers view bicycling as, uh, a bit demeaning. I don't think they even recognize us except as something to avoid... which leads me to an interesting point. I've never been honked at for doing anything illegal/not well defined. Just when I'm doing something legal that some motorist doesn't know about, like getting through on the yellow, or riding on the left side of a one way street.
I've run reds/stops in front of cops, and they don't bat an eye. Which I can see because unlike a motorist, the worst case senario, is I kill myself. I don't have several thousand pounds of plastic and steel traveling at excessive speeds to worry about (from the personal responsibility pov). This is why cars require licensing and insurance, but bikes don't.