I cycled for 10 years in London, and for the first year I jumped lights until I decided against it one day. I just didn't want to give people a reason to be annoyed with me as the aggression people showed to cyclists was pretty high at the time.
But I would always filter to the front of red traffic lights ready to take off.
A number of taxis and dumper trucks used to jump red lights, either just running the light when it had just changed, crawling through, or just positioning themselves across the crossing and then going early or when they saw a gap.
But most car drivers never spot this as they aren't at the front where they can see this happen daily.
I stopped and watched a police fishing operation where they were looking for red light jumping cyclists, and I had to physically go over to the police to point out drivers that were also jumping reds in front of them, as they were so fixated on their 'job' of catching cyclists.
But I would always filter to the front of red traffic lights ready to take off.
A number of taxis and dumper trucks used to jump red lights, either just running the light when it had just changed, crawling through, or just positioning themselves across the crossing and then going early or when they saw a gap.
But most car drivers never spot this as they aren't at the front where they can see this happen daily.
I stopped and watched a police fishing operation where they were looking for red light jumping cyclists, and I had to physically go over to the police to point out drivers that were also jumping reds in front of them, as they were so fixated on their 'job' of catching cyclists.