Rarely: if I don't have much momentum to lose I will almost always gladly cede priority to pedestrians - they were here first.How many people on here have grumbled because a pedestrian has still used the crossing even though the red man has shown and we've had to wait as a result.
But I don't think that's what Raa is talking about. I think he is talking about treating red lights as if they were "give way" markings: you still have to give way if there;s anyone to give way to ...