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Methods for dealing with non-changing traffic lights?
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April 27, 2008 at 3:24 am #1307megaspazParticipant
Having tasted my first experience with traffic lights in the South Bay that just won’t change with me being the only vehicle and googling on the subject, I wondered what people here have tried and what’s been most successful for them. I’ve heard of magnets, kickstand, rolling back and forth, etc. on the sensors. The intersections where I got stuck at didn’t have the obvious markings/cutouts.
As for that day, one intersection, I waited several cycles before another car got into the straight lane next to my straight lane which triggered the light. The other intersection, I just ran the red when there was no cross traffic in either direction; it was a 3 way stop.
May 7, 2008 at 3:34 am #6073trevParticipantin some states it’s legal to run a red on a cycle, check the laws
May 7, 2008 at 4:53 am #6076BenParticipantIt depends on the light. I have a lot of the lights memorized on my normal route. For example, I know that the light that is at amphitheatre and charleston really sucks, so when I come up to it and there are no cars I swing over to the bike lane and hit the pedestrian walk button.
Generally though I just wait 1 or 2 cycles, and I believe after the 3rd cycle you are legally allowed to go. But don’t quote me on that.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminMay 7, 2008 at 11:30 am #6080swedeParticipantSeems to work and not too expensive, dunno why they call them ‘changers’ rather than ‘triggers’ which would be a more correct term
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JonathanMay 7, 2008 at 7:14 pm #6107JirikiParticipanthey…
when I was riding around yesterday, I actually noticed a yellow line in the middle of the turn lane with a picture of a motorcycle (bike?)… when I positioned myself over it, the light dutifully changed… I only saw this on one of like 10 lights though, but I was surprised since I don’t notice these when in my car-jay
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