its not a question of geography ya do-ball, and i had a bike , when i was 10 , then i grew up and progressed to big vroom vrooms, heres an example , at 1am this morning im turning left into sauchiehall st from elderslie st, two studenty type females came straight through the red light, no slowing down or looking for traffic , because i as a trained road user , licenced and insured, was alert an accident was avoided , asked one of them , do you not bother with red lights , her reply was not generally , as an after thought who would pay for any damage as homocyclists dont need insurance.