I don't think there's a law like that in Maryland; I'll have to look into it. As it is, at that particular intersection I don't think I could have used that approach without ending up a dead red(head) myself. There was a lot of traffic in the cross street! I'll have to try triggering the light the next time--I'm pretty sure there were cuts in the pavement. Thanks for that advice!

And now there's not going to be a next time for the next three weeks--I have to drag my daughter to and from camp the next two weeks, then we're on vacation for a week. That'll give me plenty of time to look read all the threads about saddles--I don't know if I just need to get re-used to my old saddle or if 18 years, ten pounds and two HUGE babies have changed my anatomy enough that I need something different. I was fine at work all day, but hurting by the time I got home.

Sarah