To jump or not to jump: special red light circumstance

Due to roadworks on my commute in the last few weeks I'd be interested to know where the majority opinion lies on this. Apologies for following hotly on the heels of the 'Traffic Island' poll.

Picture the following: 400yd long roadworks on one side of a single carriageway, 50mph limit a-road. This is a good road leading from a city outskirts into the countryside, wide and straight - importantly, straight enough that you can see the head of the traffic queue coming in the opposite direction. They hold traffic for too long which causes big tailbacks but crucially the lights are mis-timed leaving a 30-40 second delay between the last oncoming car passing and your light going green. The lights are only two-way and there are no side roads midway through the roadworks for traffic to join from.

Do you go as soon as you know oncoming traffic has stopped, or wait 'til your light goes green?

This is in the situation where you have been waiting at your red light and seen oncoming traffic stop, rather than trying to nip through quickly as your lights turn from amber to red (hope that makes it clearer)

Any other tangential opinions welcome

i think i would wait................ if a car went through on abmer/red, and i was behind i would follow it,

Never let your better judgement be swayed by peer pressure.

Jump, jump, jump, jump......!

Sorry, perhaps I haven't made myself clear. In fact I know I haven't. You, being on a bike, have filtered to the head of your stationary queue while oncoming traffic has been coming through. So you are waiting on your red, then see the oncoming lane stop at their lights. There is a 30-40 second gap with no traffic flowing. Hope my OP edit has explained properly now.

Apologies

I would definately wait, it's only a few seconds out of your life!

[timwilky]

How do you know they have stopped for a light change, could be they halted for some reason and are going to continue. At which point you are going to meet them halfway.

How do you know the car behind you is not a plod with camera to film you busting the red light. Seems an easy way to get points to me

TBH if you did this everyday, someone, somewhere will grass you for it.
If your daily commute is at the same time everyday, the same load of witnesses are on the road at the same time everyday. You filter past them everyday, they see more of you than you do of them. They'll grass you and then one day soon after there will be a civil servant/revenue collector watching closely.

[tonyk]

if as u see the other drivers have stoped u shoot off / just to find out that the other driver coming your way did NOT stop only slowed down but then decided to run the amber light...
doh..............................
who would win ?
if there was a crash......EVERY ONE !! behind u, will say YOU ran a RED light !!
...
err?
your on a bike ? yea ?
when your light turn's green go can shoot off as fast as u like..
DONT RUN RED LIGHTS.
if the other person runs a red..................he'll not only face u coming down the road, but the rest of the traffic aswell........ hopef ully very angry drivers..

i would only do a red if the lights were stuck/faulty.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by nick_1871

I would definately wait, it's only a few seconds out of your life!

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