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ignoring traffic lights at night is dumb, in my opinion XD I dunno, if theres not much around I probably ignore the speed limit a bit, though I try not to overdo it, I think rules are there for a reason! though Im worse cos I text in my car all the time now cos I get bored just going along... xD
I tend to stick to the law. There are so many cop cars around here I think they even outnumber the CCTV cameras. Knowing my luck there would be one lurking in the bushes or in my blind spot the moment I did something like that!
Indeed that happened to a mate of mine a couple of weeks ago, he's a very legal driver normally but just this once without thinking, he cut a corner on one of the quiet country roads where there was a solid line (and admittedly, a very clear view of the road ahead). Cue blue lights out of nowhere!
That's Britain for you I suppose, wherever you are you're being watched by either a CCTV camera, a speed camera or the traffic police (if not a combination thereof).
Nearest I've done is skip those temporary lights they put up for a hole in the road, when you can see for miles each way, it's a tiny little hole you can dash past and they're sat on red forever. Done this in broad daylight too, but I did feel very wary doing it!
Since one of the accidents I've been in has been at night and was due to the other guy not following basic driving rules (Stop signs still apply at 12:00 AM) I tend to drive much more carefully at night and pay more attention to the rules of the road.
Depends on where I am. If I'm far from a bigger town, the chance of encountering the police is incredibly low, and if there are absolutely no other cars to be seen, I wouldn't care much if i went 20-30 km/h over the speed limit. But I would probably follow most of the other rules.
Less cars are out at night over here, so i tend to keep the music up. Sometimes that leads me to drive faster. :-\
I still do except I get to going too fast a bit at times on certain roads/highways.