"...so is stopping at a red light when there isn't a car for miles around."
Which is why I stopped doing it. I'm not a lemming...
Just like a punch in boxing, it is always the one you didn't see that hurts the most. I may cuxx and stew when I sit at a red light but I will continue to sit until it goes green and even then I will still procede with caution.
A nasty car wreck that damages your body will make you see things in a light that previously you may not have noticed.
Under those circumstances a red light is a suggestion, not a command.