Without wanting to endorse it: I live in a Southeast Asian country where people run red lights all the time. As in, I see it happen probably a half dozen times

Without wanting to endorse it: I live in a Southeast Asian country where people run red lights all the time. As in, I see it happen probably a half dozen times every time I drive. I've never seen an accident arise from running a red light. Which isn't to say that I think running a red light is "safe" but I think the context in which one runs a red light is probably a bigger factor than blanket denunciations imply. In America, running a red light usually means something like "while driving a 4,000 pound car at 40 miles per hour [6.4 million mv^2], the driver blows through the red light due to complete unawareness of the signal." Whereas where I live it is more like "a guy on a scooter (360 pounds net), slows down (somewhat), sees a gap in the traffic and zips through at 15-18mph." [116,000 mv^2; the car is 55x worse]