I gotten so frustrated that while I am doing some of my part in saving the world & lessening traffic jams (sure there is more, but here I do not need to list them all) that when I come to an intersection with traffic lights & crosswalk lights, telling you when it is safe for you to cross, that I have to wait forever to right away to use the crosswalk! The lights are setup to give the BLANKING automobiles the a long time to cross or turn, before I am allowed to use the crosswalk or just the intersection, without a crosswalk! Given what my riding does for the Earth & All Living Beings & decreasing traffic, all automobiles should instantly have to come to a stop/LIGHTS TURN RED & wait for me!
Of course if we all had Scandinavian style whole roadway or at least completely protected & separated cycle lanes, than this would a much less of a problem.
I use myself as an specific example for all cyclist. Imagine all cyclist have the same problem.
While the driver-aimed lights don’t turn red for us often, at least the “wait” red crossing lights in the UK are only advisory and can be treated as a yield/give-way without penalty so we don’t wait if it’s clear.
The French signs clearly allowing bikes to pass red in some directions seem better, though.
So in France bicyclist are allowed to ride through intersections when traffic lights are red for their direction, telling the traffic where bicyclists are riding from to stop, but bicyclists can ride through?
Nah, it’s just that you can cycle through red when it doesn’t affect any motorists, such as a right turn, or straight ahead when there is no right. People cycling through red have to yield to other cycle traffic and all walkers, of course.
Okay, I assume that is what is done, everywhere, no?
I seen this done by all types of people, but becoming less frequent because of such people/drivers, in the cities. Never seen a ticket given, I think there are no laws against it, when done with no traffic, just like jaywalking.
It is done widely but it’s often illegal in at least some layouts and some places have police that will ticket it, often inconsistently.
And let’s not start with the “jaywalking” made up by the motor companies a century ago.