It's incredibly dangerous, compounded by the impatience of many road users.
Help us, oh-be-Schick, you're our only hope...
The law says you should give way to traffic already on the junction, even if the lights have turned to green. The worst case is when you are turning right and are blocked by the other amber gamblers coming the other way..
oh-be-Schick is on a train, going away for christmas.