TK4
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There's always the old 'right turn, u-turn' solution ?
Why Motorcycles Get Stuck at Traffic Lights
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I’ll go through if I have waited for several minutes with zero traffic in all directions.
If it’s just me waiting to enter a busy lane, a few times I have given in to temptation, dismounted and walked over to the crosswalk button.
If it’s just me waiting to enter a busy lane, a few times I have given in to temptation, dismounted and walked over to the crosswalk button.
Back when I still commuted to the office, I had some luck by contacting the municipality and getting them to calibrate the system correctly. I only bothered reporting it for the one intersection that disallowed right turns on red.
It's an easy email, but it's an annoying process. They eventually fixed the intersection going in one direction, but not the other?!
And you don't get a confirmation email when it's 'fixed', so you're never really sure if/when you should report the problem again. Then repeat that process for every single intersection on your commute, and repeat it for multiple municipalities...
It's an easy email, but it's an annoying process. They eventually fixed the intersection going in one direction, but not the other?!
And you don't get a confirmation email when it's 'fixed', so you're never really sure if/when you should report the problem again. Then repeat that process for every single intersection on your commute, and repeat it for multiple municipalities...
Really, I wasn't aware of that. I've done it to hit the crossing button to make the light change.
One time I was at an advanced turn but it didn't kick in because the sensors couldn't see my bike. The lady who pulled up behind me, bless her she stopped far back but I had to ask her to pull up closer to me to trigger the light lol. She was confused but obliged.
When?
Mad Mike
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I have a bunch of rare earth magnets stuck to the bottom of my bikes - seems to work -- since I stuck them on I'm not trapped at lights.
Bought 48 pack at Princess Auto for $5 on sale, I think they are normally $13. https://www.princessauto.com/en/48-pc-rare-earth-magnet-and-dispenser-set/product/PA0008996993
Bought 48 pack at Princess Auto for $5 on sale, I think they are normally $13. https://www.princessauto.com/en/48-pc-rare-earth-magnet-and-dispenser-set/product/PA0008996993
TK4
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But doesn't that interfere with the signals from the alien spacecraft ?
sburns
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They can be used for screw finding. Do you trust that the person installing the screws hit a stud? Bigger is better for that role. I have a 1" RE magnet with a clip on it (supposed to clip it to a belt/pocket/suspenders to hold a few screws) that I use. The clip works as a nice handle for the magnet. If you get an RE magnet holding on tight without a handle, it's easy to mark the surface when trying to get it off.
I used to do that as well, but they tend to pick up a lot of ferrous debris, especially on the back roads.
Also, most of the modern stop lights are moving away from using magnetic loops embedded in the asphalt. The stop lights in my town are triggered by some kind of camera mounted on the tops of the traffic lights (they're not speed or red-light runner cameras).
You sure that's not the emergency vehicle pre-emption sensor? They look for a specific frequency of flashing and flip the lights.
Perhaps. But my bike does trigger the green light at these intersections, and there are no lines on the pavement that indicate any kind of magnetic loop underneath me. I just assumed it was the camera.
Relax
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Bingo
Yeah it’s like ‘abandon/unattended vehicle in the roadway’ something like that.
Cool. Thanks. Should be easy enough with modern vision systems but I didn't know they had implemented it.
