running red lights

[jim55]

well do you ,,,????

lets hear the stories

 

[gaz]

No

 

[Buddfox]

Sometimes. My commute home is often at 2am / 3am in the morning, when the streets are quiet and, on occasion, there are red lights on cycle where it just doesn't make sense to stop.

 

[Furkz]

i stop for a break, prob coz im a fatty

 

[slowmotion]

I come to Albert Gate on the west end of London's Battersea park every day. There are traffic lights, but it is a very quiet junction. I have never seen any cyclist stop on red in the last two years. I guess I'm in a bit of a minority, and "well un-cool".

 

[Alan Whicker]

Sometimes. At Hackney Wick there's a set of lights under the flyover where I see cars fly through red all the time. I never stop there 'cos I've no wish to be a BMW's bonnet mascot. I'd never jump a pedestrian crossing.

 

[corshamjim]

In a word ..

No

 

[John the Monkey]

No.

Generally on my commute, you can avoid the "it's safer if you do" by using road position.

 

[martint235]

No.

I'm definitely an exception on my commute though. Vast majority of cyclists go straight through then a significant minority ignore the stop line completely, usually pulling up in front of me just to give me something else to be aware of once the light goes green.

I just don't understand the logic for either apart from selfishness and impatience. Surely if you're concerned about your safety with regards to a vehicle running into the back of you, the safest place to be is behind that vehicle rather than in front of it........

 

[BSRU]

No, unless the detector is faulty or not sensitive enough.

 

[Paladin - York]

One cyclist "nurd" did yesterday in York, nearly took out a load of pedestrians on a zebra crossing - including me.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

No, and it annoys me to see other road users doing it.

 

[Andrew_P]

I have one set of lights where I need a car to pull up behind me, gets frustrating waiting when it is empty.

On occasion at this junction I have been known to ride 15ft on the pavement, just so I do not RLJ, pavement scum is a little better than RLJ scum.

This time last year when I firsted started cycling to work I used to jump some of them, caused me much more aggro than it saved me time, I had someone try and take me out due to RLJ, who then shat himself when he realised I was about to catch him, darted off a side road with me still chasing, nigh on nearly gave me a heart attack trying to catch the fecker.

Anyway confession over, I realised even when you can do it "safely" it is not sensible. I have been known to shout at a pedistrian walking up to a set of ped lights "no wait for me!"

 

[moralcrusader]

Nope, never. I get very tempted at a particular junction where the lights just won't change without a car there, but havn't taken the RLJ plunge to date.

 

[coffeejo]

i stop for a break, prob coz im a fatty

Me too!