There's a George Carlin joke that covers the problems with this thinking. A young man was riding with his buddy in Los Angeles. They came up to a stoplight that was yellow and turned red right before they reached the white line. His buddy stomped on the gas and zipped through the intersection. The young man was terrified. "What are you doing man!?!". "Don't worry man, my brother does it all the time." the buddy said smoothly. The next light turned yellow as they approached and the buddy floored it again. "Woah!" the young man said. "You're going to get us killed!". "Naah," the buddy replied, "Like I said, my brother does it all the time.". As they approached the next light, which was red, the buddy sped up to zip through it but it suddenly turned green. The buddy stomped on the brakes and came screeching to a halt at the white line. After he recovered, the young man looked at him and said, "What the hell are you doing? The light's green!". "Yeah, I know." replied his buddy, "but my brother might be coming the other way.".