apparently that's auld fashioned and they teach you NOT to do that when learning to drive nowadays Faither! Aye... Ah ken! Whit's the world coming to?
Personally, when it turns red, I never speed towards those lights... I do a handbrake turn to slide into the pub car-park and weave through the diners in the car park before doing a heel-toe brake-clutch manoeuvre out of the car park, accelerating towards Baurheed... thus avoiding the lights completely!!! Sorted!