January 30, 2013

Red Light Temptation

Consider this scenario:

On your ride to work you come upon a red traffic light at about 6:40 a.m.  The light is at the intersection of minor arterials, and there is absolutely no traffic in sight.

How temptated are you to run the light?

If you were to rate the temptation from 1 to 10 is it:

1 - I have standards and do not flex
2-3 - I'm not prone to run lights, but standing here in the street feels strange
4-5 - Who's gonna know? *as your feet twitch and your fingers start to relax on the brake levers*
6-7 - You stop, look both ways, check behind you...double check the 'flashing hand' walk indicator...
8-9 - You pre-conceive the situation and stop only briefly enough to verify your preminition
10 - Temptation? No, this is a standard situation, and is completely normal to roll through.  Those detection loops never respond to cyclists anyway.

I've placed a poll to the right for entertainment value.  So let's see how tempted people feel...

For me, this morning, it was about a 3 or 4.

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