If conveying information is the goal, then that is crappy advice because it conveys no information. The information you're not conveying is that "running red lights adds significant risk of injury and death for both yourself and others because you cannot easily see cross traffic with enough time to save yourself and them."
This is not only informative about stopping at red lights but also about when it might be ok to go through them without enumerating every grain of sand on the beach.
> Great advice:
> "Never run a red light"
If conveying information is the goal, then that is crappy advice because it conveys no information. The information you're not conveying is that "running red lights adds significant risk of injury and death for both yourself and others because you cannot easily see cross traffic with enough time to save yourself and them."
This is not only informative about stopping at red lights but also about when it might be ok to go through them without enumerating every grain of sand on the beach.