I was in a similar situation at Ras Abu Aboud Signal yesterday. We had a green but the traffic was trailing so far behind that I was sure I will not be able to clear the intersection while the signal is still green.

Therefore, I stopped at the stop line.

But there were impatient nuts in HUGE vehicles behind me who were honking non-stop pushing me to go. Better sense prevailed and I did not move but I am sure it did not go down with the guys behind me as they overtook m very dangerously once the signal turned green again!