Is It Morally Right Or Wrong To Break The Law

Would you ignore a red traffic light at 3am when absolutely nobody else was around, or would you sit and wait at the junction? Do you avoid taking illegal substances because they’re dangerous for your health, expensive or because you don’t want to end up in jail, or simply because the law says so? These could be reasons for someone to think it is alright to break the law, but whether or not it is the morally right decision depends on the individual, their personal experiences, their capability to decide between right and wrong and possibly their belief in ethical codes of conduct.
A general obligation would leave you with the possibility of justifying specific breaches of the law, such as driving above the speed limit to get a sick friend to the hospital. This may be seen as a morally justified thing to do in that circumstance, however it is still breaking the law which means that people may believe that there is a just sense to break some laws in order to do things that are morally right. Perhaps it wouldn’t seem to matter whether we have a general obligation to obey the law, since most people obey most laws most of the time.
The person in that situation may find a desperate urge to break the law. How about situations where a person is forced to commit a crime, murder as a result of self-defence for example, is that too considered a breaking of the law? There is obviously a clear defence for such a circumstance in court, but the act of murder in itself if against the law so why isn’t it considered to receive the punishment? Is that ever justifiable in terms of moral