Red lights are the new Stop signs?

[ManDownUnder]

You can speed 'em up (sometimes) by going over and pushing the pdestrian cross button.

Sometimes it cycles through (i.e. you get the green after the pedestrians have "crossed"), but sometimes is reverts back to the original setting - in which case yes... sneak on through.

[Oakie]

Sitting on Cashel St yesterday at the intersection of Fitzgerald Ave on a red light. 3 guys on pushbikes sat there beside me. There was a large gap in the traffic and all three took off across the road (6 lanes for you out of towners) and made it all the way across while the light was still red. Stunned I was!

[Skyryder]

Christchurch is somtimes known as the Redlight city. It's not the hookers but the redlight runners.

Skyryder

[imdying]

It's scarily true... also, we have other different rules down here. Did you know that indicators are optional in Chch?

[Ixion]

They are in Auckland too. I have had this argument with WoF inspectors. So are brake lights.

[Milky]

I don't mind if it is the middle of the night and the bike doesn't trip the sensors, but any other time I think we should wait - what then is the justification for getting angry at bicyclists running red lights, cars rolling through stop signs and so on? Hell it was only a couple of days ago that the lot of you were up in arms about the bicycle issue, and now there is a complete about face.

Hypocrites.

[slopster]

When turning left I like to roll up to a red light, check that its clear, then walk your bike 2 metres across the inside of the corner, mount up and your off. Can't get done for it either (maybe jaywalking?). But you should deffinitely be allowed to turn left on a red light if clear.

[Jackrat]

Okay, so it's 3:30 in the morning and you happen upon a red light. It's stuck on red. You're sitting there on your motorbike in the pooring rain in the middle of winter. Would you;

a) Ring for help and wait until it arrives
b) Leave your bike there with a note and walk home
c) Look both ways and carefully move on

It appears alot of you would choose "a" or "b". You lot deserve the outstanding law abidding citizen award.

Take a good look to make sure no cops are about,then give it a big handfull making sure the rear spins up nicely allowing you to speed way round the left hand corner you were waiting for.
That's not a hyperthetical situation,that's the lights by founders thearter in Hamilton.Can't remember the street names but the lights there won't change for a bike an havn't since at lest 1975.

[Jackrat]

When turning left I like to roll up to a red light, check that its clear, then walk your bike 2 metres across the inside of the corner, mount up and your off. Can't get done for it either (maybe jaywalking?). But you should deffinitely be allowed to turn left on a red light if clear.

You can get done for it,I was.
At those poxy lights by founders theater in BLOODY HAMILTON.