Crossing Bloomsbury Street, just by the British Museum, it can often take southbound traffic up to ten minutes to get through a single red light.

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According to CNN, when someone asked Sergey Brin who would get a ticket if a driverless car ran a red light, Brin simply replied that driverless cars do not run red lights.

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The report said that male cyclists are generally quicker getting away from a red light - or, indeed, jump red lights - and so get out of the danger area.

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