Originally Posted by SVTNate

Keeping off the clutch and in neutral at a light is bad advice IMO.

Motorcyclists all know that you keep in gear and check your mirrors at a red light. While a car is much larger, I think it's a good idea to practice the same.

If someone is barreling down on you at a red light and you're at the front, you can

a) take a hard left or right along the crosswalk
b) check for cross traffic, dump clutch, GTFO
c) possibly jump the curb (not too likely in a Z)
d) take it right up the ***, which is what you'd do sitting there in neutral anyway

The point is that watching your six and keeping the car in gear means you have options.