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Oh and also, the "serious" cyclists who try and remonstrate with me for ignoring lights. As in "that was quite dangerous what you did there, what if there had been a pedestrian?"
Fuck off. I have never hit a pedestrian, I am always careful, especially near HGVs. If the light is red though and there is nothing to stop me, I will ride through. In fact this is often safer, because an HGV can't see you if you are down the left or directly in front, waiting for the lights.
I also hate cyclists who stop down the left side of a vehicle at lights rather than going in front, endangering themselves and everyone behind them. Again it's normally "serious" cyclists or clueless weekenders who do this. For this reason I normally ride the high side - if the light changes I can signal in and be seen, rather than come up the left and get stuck in a blind spot because Mr. Serious decided he would stop next to a bus.