In an effort to get more people to ride bikes, instead of pumping more smog into the air, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is kicking around the idea of legally allowing cyclists to run red lights. Something most of them already so. CBS 5 reporter Simon Perez -- who we should point out is kind of hot, so if he ever wondered whether or not he should report on-air shirtless, he can wonder no more......

Union City--just south north [our xenophobia is showing!] of Fremont, near Newark and Hayward--was recently caught re-timing their traffic signals so that the yellow light is shorter than the legal limit. Why? Well, this makes it easier for motorists to run a red light, then get caught by the red-light cameras, which in turn gets the city more money from increased traffic tickets. Of course, shorter yellow lights also makes an intersection more dangerous......