If you look both ways, and there are no cars coming, red lights are pointless. The real purpose of the light is to direct right of way for busy intersections. Not to make someone wait 2 minutes at 2am when there are no other cars on the road.
To lolocus's point, if only sensible people existed it wouldn't need to be illegal to follow the purpose of a traffic sign, but also ignore it when safe to do so.
If you look both ways, and there are no cars coming, red lights are pointless. The real purpose of the light is to direct right of way for busy intersections. Not to make someone wait 2 minutes at 2am when there are no other cars on the road.
To lolocus's point, if only sensible people existed it wouldn't need to be illegal to follow the purpose of a traffic sign, but also ignore it when safe to do so.
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