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The thing about jumping red lights is not that it's dangerous, or illegal particularly, it's just that you're only given the time and space to do so if all other road users abide by the rules.
Everyone else waits on the red light, giving one rule violator time to break it. If we all broke the rules chaos would ensue so red light jumpers exploit the rule-abiding nature of the majority of road users (cars and peds included) so they can break the rules.
It's a kind of arrogance - you're implicitly saying that everyone else needs to obey but you don't have to.
As far as overtaking goes. It's a small inconvenience, but overtaking the same person multiple times gets frustrating.