How orange is red?

I love a country where traffic lights are optional depending on traffic. Between my house and the internet cafe there are four lights. Coming here today all four were red but I just went right on through. No one batted an eye. Not even the policemen standing at two of them. That reminds me of an Indonesian joke.

There was a guy who ran a red light. A policeman pulled him over and asked, "What's the matter? Didn't you see the red light?" The guy replied, "Yeah, I saw the red light but I didn't see you."