If you are at an airfield where ATC can't or won't switch off the stopbar, make as much an issue as you can.
I would report it through your own airline's reporting system (ASR etc) and out of principle I would sit at the hold until they sent a follow me car to escort me past the red stop bar. Delay or no delay - there is no excuse for this to happen. Either ATCOs switch them on and off when they should or the the airport operator invests in a decent lighting system which allows the stop bars to be switched on and off!