easy fix, stop further back from the traffic light!
Question, do your lights change by pressure pad in the road?
Most traffic lights in Australia use pressure pads built into the road, priority road lights stay green until a vehicle comes from a non priority road and the weight of the vehicle changes the light.
More than once I have had to tell old codgers to move forward towards the stop line because I have been stuck behind with the light not changing because they are too far back to activate the pressure pad!