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I jump lights sometimes, I stop at them other times, it depends. But, I was thinking about the 'it doesn't harm anyone' argument today. Yes, if you jump it when no peds/cars are crossing, it doesn't do any harm then and there, and it appears to be a victimless crime but i reckon maybe law breaking encourages a culture of law breaking. If pedestrians continually see cyclist running reds and getting away with it, won't they be more inclined to commit crimes? I mean, this is a recent problem, before it was only couriers who ran lights, but commuters started doing it and now everyone is doing it?
It's like downloading music - we know it's illegal and could get arrested for it, but we also know we'll get away with it. When you get away with breaking the law, you break more and more laws.
I dunno - it this bullshit?