.... I know there are riders on this forum, and I know some of them have had proper training and know how to trigger the lights, but you know there is going to be one out of a hundred who will miss use this law, and end up as road kill. And with all the accidents of late, the timing of this law is just plain wrong.
So you want to "inconvenience" 99 riders just because Darwin may, or may not stake his claim on the 1? Doesn't make sense IMO.
And as previous posters have said, there are some lights that you just aren't going to trigger no matter how you pull up. I've sat through several greens in the straight through lanes right beside me at night on more occasions than I can count because a cop was watching the intersection, knowing I'd get nailed if I went on and run it. I don't see anything wrong with giving us a pass if required.