I must admit I do find it amusing the number of people who assume that because THEIR lights havn't gone green in 30seconds or so then "the lights have jammed". There are many reasons why lights seem to be taking a long time eg a ped phase[which you may not be able to see], one or two filter lights, you're on the side road and it's rush hour so the main road runs to it's max time are just a few. Equally rare [or even more so] is the old "oh they were showing two greens at once". Sadly for those hoping to use this as an excuse this doesn't happen either, ANY inappropriate voltages will cause immediate shut down of the lights. Just hopping off, walking around the junction to the other side and then riding off I see no fault with, just the advantage of being a cyclist. As said ealier however to just cross the stop line then ride on happy and smug assuming all will be well and if anything comes along he will see you and stop because after all you're a cyclist and can't possibly be in the wrong is a bit pathetic. If you just MUST MUST MUST get through and stuff anyone else then maybe maybe you're in two much of a hurry and you should be driving a large 4x4 as you have the correct mindset to use it.