Like most others, I only obey the traffic laws that make sense.
My commute looks like this:
- Riverside Drive is a narrow road by the river with as much pedestrian and bike traffic as cars, not stop signs or lights.
- The bridge I have to cross has a car-wide shoulder / non-travel lane. I use that lane to ride in (I guess that's disobeying the law if taken literally, but I'm sure everyone appreciates that I'm not in the travel lane, as it's a 45 mph bridge).
- I have to turn left at the next intersection, it's really busy. So, yea, I move to the middle of the lane and wait for the light.
- Since the Gambles Mill Corridor is not open yet, I have to go through the University campus. I'm on the sidewalk there some (perfectly legal).
- Quiet neighborhood where I'm climbing big hills. Almost no traffic. I slow and check at stop signs, but don't stop usually.
- Busy road next, I have to travel on for about 2 blocks. YES I obey the stop sign there.
- More quiet neighborhoods. Slow and check at stop signs, but don't stop, except for at 2 busy roads that I have to cross.
- The next big intersection, I obey the stop light there, waiting in the center of the lane.
- One more stop light. Not a busy road, but it's on a timer, so I wait until I have the left turn light green.
OH, on the way home, just before the bridge, I cut through the shopping center at the "V" intersection, ignoring the big "NO CUT THROUGH" signs. That intersection is busy and dangerous. best to avoid!!