I used to be a 'safe RLJer'. That is, most of the time I didn't RLJ, and would almost always come to a halt first, but would then sometimes proceed through a red. For example, at a pedestrian crossing, I'd stop to let peds cross, then set off as soon as the crossing was clear.
The argument that changed my attitude (and thus my behaviour) was someone, on here I think, arguing that if we want to be treated as traffic, we have to be seen to be behaving as traffic - and that means waiting at red lights even if it would be 100% safe to proceed.