In reply to trouserburp:
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> Just ride around in front of them anyway.
You realise you can get fined for jumping a red light on a bike too right? I know it doesn't happen very often, but it has happened to a couple of people I know.
That aside, moving onto the junction tends to inconvenience pedestirans and cuts down the space between them and the traffic which the planners decided to put there for safety reasons.
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> The fine's only if you willingly go over it when there's a red light. Normally they're there because they were in a queue of traffic when the lights changed, which is absolutely ok and allowed. Sometimes they didn't have their jedi foresight engaged when the light changed on them, which is human. So lock up 99% of drivers and throw away the key, or get a grip and realise it's just a helpful guidance line and no harm has been done.
On most occassions no harm will be done, on a few occassions a cyclist will be killed or injured in an accident that could have been avoided had the rules been followed, and a driver might find himself in court on a charge with serious consequences.