Sin bin for red light jumping cyclists

[Rusty Nails]

99.9% of deaths last year in the UK were due to murder. Why bother prosecuting?

 

[Alex321]

The issue is that any other road user coming through on a green light then has to deal with someone coming through legally on a red.
Besides the pain and dents who is liable for the costs in these circumstances? I know someone is going to say the motorist because cyclist are an entitled higher species, but what if the vehicle coming through on green is a quarter ton of cargo ebike?
Even the French are falling out of love with priorité à droite, I don’t think introducing a variation on theme of this is a good idea.

We aren't talking about priorité à driote. We are talking about being able to treat red lights as a give way sign if you are turning left.

They have a similar system (for turning right of course) in many US cities.

The driver/cyclist going through the red is always the one with responsibility to check it is clear to proceed, they never have priority.

 

[Alex321]

The stats that I can find at the moment are that 16% of cyclists occasionally run red lights. Of those, none appear to have been killed or injured.

I think you will find that stat is cyclists who admit to occsionally jumping red lights. Unsurprisingly, those who have been killed aren't admitting it

 

[Rusty Nails]

I have driven in the US, often using the option to filter right through a red light. Felt a bit strange the first few times but as long as you take care of what those coming through on green might do it's safe.

 

[Mike_P]

The converse to jumping a red, which I saw a bus do last night, is motorists believeing they have complete right if way on a green when in fact that is only if the junction is clear. Very few allow right turning vehicles to clear.