It's also technically illegal in UK but everyone does it and the police will ignore it do long as you're being sensible.
I once many years ago was knocked off my bike when filtering by a woman in a car who thought that a red light meant she could turn right anyhow.
When it went to court there was no question about my filtering....in the Judges words ' the motorcyclist was there to be seen if you had looked for him'
Bought my first Harley with the compensation payment
