I agree wholeheartedly.
I observe the red lights (ok, 90% of them - pedestrian crossings where the button presser has already gone, I normally ignore). Not all cyclists do.

This morning on Clapham Common, a stout looking lady walking with her child stepped out into my path (part of the road - doubt she'd treat an HGV with such disdain), before stepping back in and scowling and muttering something about "you lot". She was about 20 metres from a pedestrian crossing in either direction, which, had she felt the 20 metres was worth walking, would have been a better choice for everyone.

We can't win, you know.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 14:18, 1 reply)

Not if you ignore red lights - pedestrians or not - no.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 14:20, closed)

My nice legal alternative to stopping:
Slow slightly, hop off your bike(while moving)before the lights, and run along pushing your bike through the crossing, before hopping back on afterwards.
Obviously don't go running into people walking across - if people are crossing slow to a halt.

first you're a vehicle, then you're a pedestrian, then you're a vehicle again! you can pretend you are a more mundane transformer (adding sound effects if you like..)
(Frottage cheese, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 17:07, closed)