Teadogg, I don't know from whence your obsession with traffic lights comes, but let me explain something to you that has nothing to do with drivers or lights...
At the last CM, we were told that if we even stepped on pedals, we were being arrested.
Period.
No traffic violations. No reckless riding. No light/helmet/horn tickets.
I don't give two sh!+s about what a driver thinks of me when I'm on my bike any more. The drivers in this city treat cyclists like crap. Police treat cyclists like crap. Politicians treat cyclists like crap.
Enough trying to placate everyone. What for? So they can treat you like crap afterward?
The "nice route" has been tried.