I cycle everywhere, and I stop at every light. But I also realize that the rules of the road aren't some magic tome that came to us from the gods. They were int

I cycle everywhere, and I stop at every light. But I also realize that the rules of the road aren't some magic tome that came to us from the gods. They were introduced primarily to curb the massive injuries and problems from the early introduction of cars. At that point, bicycles were already around for many many years. So you combine terrible infrastructure for bikes with road rules that don't protect them, relegate them to the sides, but expect them to follow all of the car-designed rules, which often make no sense for vehicles going <15mph with very low momentum and much, much better vision for the driver. It's the old UI adage, "the user isn't wrong".