re: Are red lights more of a suggestion these days?

The only one I run through is near my house. Not a 4-way intersection, and it dead ends into the crossing street. You can see a good quarter mile in either direction, and if I stop and see no one in either direction, I make my left turn and head on home. Usually won't during rush hour because the light does change sort of quickly, but I've been through there late at night before, coming home from a road trip, and sat there for more than 2-3 minutes waiting on it to turn green. I was the only car at the intersection, so I finally just gave up and ran it.