Traffic Lights

A couple of months ago I was driving down a country road and came to a traffic light. It was red. I sat there for a couple of seconds.

A thought snapped into my mind. Why am I obeying the lights, why are they in control. There is no-one here. I can see for miles, I would know if anyone is coming. So why am I sitting here, obeying the lights? Because I've been told and taught that it's the right thing to do? Or just because I always have? How many human seconds are spent sitting at empty red lights globally?

All this went through my mind in a fraction of a second. In a fraction of a second I'd noticed it, evaluated it, weighed it up and decided.