the solution to this is easy if its a 4 way intersection.
turn right, then do a u-turn.
turn right, then do a u-turn.
Trick to triggering red lights
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jukon
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This thread comes up monthly if not weekly. The sensors are not weight sensitive, they are electromagnetic. You can get a magnet from an old hard drive and attach it to the bottom of you bike for an easy fix. I've heard it works better than the kickstand or the starter motor.
Splash
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Magnets don't work unless your bike is 3 inches off the ground. As a test, take out a compass and approach it with a magnet. See how close you have to be for it to move the needle? And a compass is much more sensitive then the sensor in the road.
the solution to this is easy if its a 4 way intersection.
turn right, then do a u-turn.
Illegal. You can't make a u-turn near an intersection.
They are not weight sensors. Also, the HTA is Ontario wide. City Hall (of Toronto I assume) has no say on how vehicles treat red lights.
Just run the light... It's legal as long as you can prove the light is defective. Waiting 30+ seconds and the crosswalk light stiall hasn't changed and no cars went by is a good indication the light is malfunctioning.
ItIsWhatItIs
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What would be the charge?
Splash
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Hi RPM
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you are better of getting off the bike, and pushing the button.. rather than running a red light
Which is all inapplicable when it comes to a vehicle that is already stopped for a red light. Also, nothing in that refers to "getting off the bike". If you can get off your bike and go over to a walk button without interfering with the movement of other traffic, and be back and ready to go when the light does turn green, you will not get ticketed.
It shouldn't if it's in neutral.
Incorrect. U-turns can be made near an intersection if done safely, unless explicitly prohibited by a "No U-Turn" sign or presence of a raised curb or traffic median, or unless any of the following conditions are present, in which case you just go a bit further down the road.
Splash
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Fine... You get a parking ticket then: If you leave your bike it's considered parking.
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If you think you have some trick, and that it works everywhere, you have to actually test it on intersections that don't have a time-out. Pretty much anything you can do to to or on your bike will be partially effective, some of time.
Every lane, in every intersection, that senses traffic has to be calibrated to trigger correctly without false-positives, therefore every intersection is different. The three dots the city paints mark where the loop is, which you can usually tell by the cut-lines anyway, and indicate that the loop was at one time calibrated to trigger correctly (More Here)
If you want a particular intersection fixed, you have to report it.
Every lane, in every intersection, that senses traffic has to be calibrated to trigger correctly without false-positives, therefore every intersection is different. The three dots the city paints mark where the loop is, which you can usually tell by the cut-lines anyway, and indicate that the loop was at one time calibrated to trigger correctly (More Here)
If you want a particular intersection fixed, you have to report it.
encountered this situation for the first time finally myself
woodbine ave southbound at green lane
waited for 2 mins.. no traffic from any direction.
what i did is illegal im sure but it seemed like the best option at the time
i just rode up to the crosswalk button and pushed it while still on the bike
view:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie...03&ll=44.08954,-79.412085&spn=0,0.013937&z=17
also, u-turns at intersections are NOT illegal unless marked with a sign
woodbine ave southbound at green lane
waited for 2 mins.. no traffic from any direction.
what i did is illegal im sure but it seemed like the best option at the time
i just rode up to the crosswalk button and pushed it while still on the bike
view:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie...03&ll=44.08954,-79.412085&spn=0,0.013937&z=17
also, u-turns at intersections are NOT illegal unless marked with a sign
Technically, you're stopped, as in for a red light that prohibits further forward movement until it changes, and which won't do so until something triggers a change, as in you pushing the walk button. You won't be getting a parking ticket for that.
You could put a thousand pounds of cinder blocks on a loop sensor and it wouldn't trigger. Weight is immaterial. Light sensors use a magnetic induction loop, to sense the presence of ferrous metal. The induction loop is tuned to a certain frequency, that is compared to a base frequency using a circuit that is called (ironically enough) a comparator. The difference is read as an output voltage. When that voltage reaches a predetermined value, it triggers the lights. The level at which the lights are triggered is adjusted, by choosing at what voltage the light circuit is triggered.
Really good for cleaning sharp metal objects off of the roadway. No so much for triggering the sensors.
If you see 3 dots in the lane, stop on the dots. They are made for sensing bicycles. Otherwise stop on the outline of the loop.
If the sensor doesn't pick up your bike, call it in to the city so they can fix it.
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