Maybe there in Bean Town that's the case, but out here, not having a driver's license or other ID doesn't mean you can't receive a ticket ,nor that you're excused from paying one. Anyone can get, and be compelled to pay, a ticket. If you already have a driver's license, even an expired one, they will find you.

As for giving aliases or "not having ID", I would not use that idea. Around here, you may be detained (that is to say, hauled in to the clinker or just stuffed in the back seat of the cop car) until they can establish your identification. My guess is if you played that card, you'd be sitting there a long time waiting for them to do that, and then probably get your original ticket "enhanced" with whatever other infractions they can think of. Don't **** around with cops, you will get boned somehow, even if you are "right"; and if that's the case, argue your case in court, not to the cop.

Speaking of that, to the OP: where do you get the idea that a red light means "yield" when there's no cross traffic? I don't think you have a case there. Bite the bullet, pay your ticket, and please don't ride like that anymore -- you make us all look bad.