I've noticed that quite often someone who's already sitting at such an intersection will wait for me to arrive there and stop before proceeding, as if they don't trust me to stop.

I have started, well, living up to their expectations by accelerating right through the intersection without stopping. Sometimes they honk or contort their little faces in anger, but what's the alternative? I'm not participating in some stupid little automotive kabuki theater with some retard who's too pussy to drive a car correctly.