Trick to triggering red lights

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Splash said:
170. (1) No person shall park, stand or stop a vehicle on a roadway,
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You should have included the defining text:

170. (1) No person shall park, stand or stop a vehicle on a roadway,

(a) when it is practicable to park, stand or stop the vehicle off the roadway;

or

(b) when it is not practicable to park, stand or stop the vehicle off the roadway unless a clear view of the vehicle and of the roadway for at least 125 metres beyond the vehicle may be obtained from a distance of at least 125 metres from the vehicle in each direction upon the highway. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 170 (1).​
 
Rob MacLennan said:
You should have included the defining text:

170. (1) No person shall park, stand or stop a vehicle on a roadway,

(a) when it is practicable to park, stand or stop the vehicle off the roadway;

or

(b) when it is not practicable to park, stand or stop the vehicle off the roadway unless a clear view of the vehicle and of the roadway for at least 125 metres beyond the vehicle may be obtained from a distance of at least 125 metres from the vehicle in each direction upon the highway. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 170 (1).​
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I get off my bike and push the crosswalk button all the time. I can't see BS interpretations by some detering me from doing this in the future.
 
ItIsWhatItIs said:
I get off my bike and push the crosswalk button all the time. I can't see BS interpretations by some detering me from doing this in the future.
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Same here. The "when it is practicable" part, as far as I'm concerned, puts it in the clear. If I've pulled up to make a left and the light isn't changing, then it isn't "practicable" to pull to the right and park first.
 
Hmmm nobody's mentioned quickly flashing your hi beams 5 or 10 times?

if you actually give a **** at 3 am
 
Except he'll give you a ticket for getting off your bike.

I've blown thousands of lights and I'm sure at one of two there was likely a cop in eye sight and never been hassled.

The light is defective, the key is wait to see if it will change, then treat it as as stop sign.
 
This happens alot the light never senses the bike. I normally just go through, once clear! I tried the kickstand trick at two seperate lights over the weekend and it worked. I always thought they were weight sensors not magnetic.
 
Some common sense, if you see a cop sitting there maybe wait before you declare the light broken and either push the button or drive through.... My bigger worry would be if the light itself has a red light camera.

If it is during the day I usually stop at the end of the triggers so a car can pull up on it behind me (bad part is some drivers give bikes a lot of space--usually a good thing-- and they will stop 20 feet behind you off the sensor)
 
Ya i have to put it in neutral first before i drop the kickstand and remember to lift it before dropping to first. Its a little troublesome but i only tried it at lights where there no vehicles for miles.
 
MacDoc said:
Except he'll give you a ticket for getting off your bike.

I've blown thousands of lights and I'm sure at one of two there was likely a cop in eye sight and never been hassled.

The light is defective, the key is wait to see if it will change, then treat it as as stop sign.
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Has *anyone* actually received a ticket for getting off a bike??

Its possible the cops who you saw, never saw what you did?
 
Rob MacLennan said:
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.
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so in this case 1000lbs of steel is heavier than 2000lbs of feathers?

All kidding aside, it's the same way the parking gates work in many places, didn't you guys ever borrow parking in university by pulling up to the exit gate, and throwing a largish piece of steel (ie brake rotor) to the other side of the gate, it goes up drive through pick up steel on the way through, repeat tomorrow. Prof taught us this.
 
southpaw_1979 said:
so in this case 1000lbs of steel is heavier than 2000lbs of feathers?

All kidding aside, it's the same way the parking gates work in many places, didn't you guys ever borrow parking in university by pulling up to the exit gate, and throwing a largish piece of steel (ie brake rotor) to the other side of the gate, it goes up drive through pick up steel on the way through, repeat tomorrow. Prof taught us this.
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Actually I worked in the airport parking lots, through high school and college, and that's where my first experience with loop sensors came from. Sometimes they were adjusted to such a high level of sensitivity than my steel toe/shank boots would set them off.
 
ThumperX said:
Ya i have to put it in neutral first before i drop the kickstand and remember to lift it before dropping to first. Its a little troublesome but i only tried it at lights where there no vehicles for miles.
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I have to have the bike in neutral and the kickstand down anyways to allow myself to get off the bike and press the crosswalk button. I can't say the kickstand triggers the change as I always run over to press the button to trigger the change. If putting the bike in neutral and putting the kickstand down works, great, saves the hassle of pushing the button.
 
This thread is a great illustration of why getting your information from the interweb can be trouble. The amount of misinformation posted here, particularly on the first page, is truly amazing.
 
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