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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2013 13:55:42 GMT -5
Saw a cool article on it for bikes etc so we dont get stuck.
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Post by scootnwinn on May 6, 2013 13:59:20 GMT -5
I have heard that very few switches actually look for magnetic fields. I usually weave across the sensor and come to a stop on one of the lines. If that doesn't work I will back up diagonally across it. Never been unable to trigger the ones in my neck of the woods with one of those methods. Keep googling there is an article debunking the whole magnet thing and basically says don't waste your money. I'm with those fellers
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Post by hank on May 6, 2013 14:06:16 GMT -5
Hi
Tried them,they didnt work in my area
They may work for you but from all the postings ive seen about them no body has had any luck getting them to work
Imho its just a marketing scam to liberate your money from you
Take care and ride safely my friend
Yours Hank
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Post by jeepsteve92xj on May 6, 2013 14:07:59 GMT -5
I like to ride up in the loop if I can see the cut int he road. If there is enough traffic I try to pull up far enough the car behind me can trip the loop. If it is like 3am, I plan ahead for multiple right turns and possible U-bangers.
I think the closest light to my house actually does react to flashing my high-beams a couple times - which I don't do if there is oncoming traffic.
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Post by earlwb on May 6, 2013 14:10:23 GMT -5
I had mixed results with magnets. But in my case I used a couple of neodymium bar magnets which were quite strong. I think the best benefit was that the magnets caught several nails and screws that could have punctured the rear tire. But as to stop lights, I just couldn't determine if it works or not.
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Post by hank on May 6, 2013 14:11:14 GMT -5
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Post by carasdad on May 6, 2013 14:30:04 GMT -5
[replyingto=hank]hank[/replyingto]Here in Michigan our lights are controlled by timers. In fact if you stand on the sidewalk near the large green box you can hear them ticking..must be like a relay?? or something. Anyway use a stop watch and stand there a bit...time the duration of each light. No matter if it is a bicycle or Semi...they duration is the same. Only time they alter from that is at midnight....when they just become flashing lights.
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Post by earlwb on May 6, 2013 14:40:31 GMT -5
They have been steadily replacing all of the old wire loop or pressure sensitive sensors with computers using video cameras out here. The computer can be programmed to detect cyclists, motorcyles, trucks et cetera in the different lanes so it can change the lights accordingly to minimize red light time. They still have some old loop systems out there but I think they have them set to timer mode for the most part, the loop sensor wires are probably broken and it is too expensive to repair the road. So the lights wait for the camera and computer to get installed.
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Post by domindart on May 6, 2013 16:58:20 GMT -5
I've always done what jeepsteve is doing. I'll stop at the light a bit further up so a car behind me can activate the light. I have gotten stuck before and I just run the light  Hopefully there is no camera to detect that.. I'm usually looking for that too But if I DO get a ticket , Ill try to fight it with the fact that my scoot doesn't activate the light! I sit there for a good while and then run it. Never tried the magnets but thought of it.  |
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Post by prodigit on May 6, 2013 17:55:18 GMT -5
That's what I do too. Just stop my scoot (or even motorcycle sometimes) with the front wheel past the white line, to let the car behind me ride over the sensor. Sometimes when I'm alone at the stop light, and there's no traffic I go through red, as some lights will never turn green (or take more than 6 minutes). I also believe the magnet thing does not work. I think the wires send out a magnetic field, that gets picked up, and re-transmitted by the car's chassis, and that's how it records there is a car waiting (I believe). You probably have to park your scooter  degrees to make that work, at a street light it's not something you'd want. |
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Post by Jarlaxle on May 6, 2013 18:56:06 GMT -5
Tip from the dude teaching my MC safety course: if at a sensor light, try shutting down the engine, then restarting. The starter's strong electromagnetic field will usually trip the sensor. (My uncle confirmed that is DOES work.) If your scoot is kick-start only...yep, yer bleeeeped.
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Post by SylvreKat on May 6, 2013 22:14:28 GMT -5
Call your DOT if there's intersections you regularly go through that aren't sensitive to bikes. They can come out and adjust them. Esp if you're willing to meet them so they can test afterwards.
Also, in KS bikes have legal-permission to run the red if it hasn't changed after a suitable time. Which of course isn't defined so still leaves you open to being pulled over.
>'Kat
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Post by skuttadawg on May 6, 2013 22:17:39 GMT -5
I bought a Green Light Trigger and it did not in any way work like it said it would . In Sc they use weight sensors . I too pull very far on certain lights and even motion a car to pull up so it will trip .
In SC if one two wheels you can sit at a redlight for 2 minutes if it does not change and the road is clear you can legally run it
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Post by urbanmadness on May 6, 2013 23:44:27 GMT -5
I'm not sure here in california if you can run the light... I'm gonna ask when I go to the Motorcycle Safety class.
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Post by domindart on May 7, 2013 0:14:18 GMT -5
I'd like to know for GA , urban maybe you can ask about GA too lol j/k D8
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degrees to make that work, at a street light it's not something you'd want.
