Originally Posted by
_ForceD_
My feeling is that the sooner I extricate myself from the intersection, the safer I am, and the better off we all are.
Definitely true here in Philly. Several years ago, the city announced that the police would not stop people for "minor" traffic violations. The result is that more and more people are running red lights (and stop signs). If you stop and wait for the green, you never know if someone driving on the cross street is going to stop when they get the red. If I have a red light and there is no cross traffic, I am going through the intersection.