This is very true. I routinely depend on stop lights to govern intersections other than the intersection the light is posted at. And when I'm sitting at a red

This is very true. I routinely depend on stop lights to govern intersections other than the intersection the light is posted at. And when I'm sitting at a red light with a bunch of other people, complaining to myself about how inefficient it seems because there is currently no cross traffic, I have to remind myself we are helping people downstream from the intersection to enter the road.