Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
What I advocate is -Look both ways before you cross the street - no matter what the situation. I'm guessing that more people get hit riding through green lights without looking than those running reds.
The people who legally ride through green lights and get hit, get hit by somebody who ran a red.
Lot's knife had plenty of links. I'll bet those people who got hurt or died running red lights had never got hit running a light before and probably didn't know anyone else that had. People screw up. Obeying the traffic lights or at least coming to a near stop before proceeding through an intersection reduces the likelihood of a screw up leading to a catastrophic event.