Sense and adjust at traffic signals

I was able to capture an image of what I experience many times, feels good that one can make a difference, a little drop, but it can make an ocean.

Picture this, I am driving down Queens' road and the traffic light at Indian Express junctions turns amber and red, I stop as expected (by the rules, traffic expects you to beat the signal), i.e., well behind the zebra crossing and guess what, bikes and car to my left and right do the same! They stop as they should!! So was able to induce traffic sense for a few minutes, this picture says it all.

I have experienced this many times, if you stop or follow rules, others tend to follow too. If you strart inching forward, others too.

Well the next signal was at Raj Bhavan road junction, and I was behind an auto, the auto stopped just on the zebra crossing and others followed suit. I stopped well behind and was thinking of getting down and coaxing the auto fellow back, I had left ample space for that, but decided against as you dont know when signal turns green. Worse was that auto started inching in anticipation of light turning green. Ultimate is that sometimes traffic cops signal you on with light red. Look at this picture, this is stationary shot. What really gets me is that people who follow processes and pride in SEI-CMM level 5 at work dont follow rules or let their drivers flout rules.

Me thinks if each of us practice restraint when we happen to be at right spot at right time, it can make a difference. Hopefully...