Toronto Traffic Lights

Ben

Ben

Been Around the Block
...do not recognize the weight of a motorcycle and therefore never turn green.

How do others deal with it?

On lights I know won't change without the weight of a car or a pedestrian button push, I'm breaking the law, treat it as a stop and turning left.

Others, I'll give it a countdown cycle and if it does not change, no cars show to initiate a change etc....I go.

Seems to me the law or system is broken.
 
Have your people talk to our people.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/Quinn-Gives-Motorcyclists-a-Green-Light-to-Run-Red-Lights-161635725.html
 
In the last couple years Texas made it a law that is was ok to run a red light on a motorcycle if no one was coming and you had waited a "reasonable" amount of time before going.
 
I've always wondered if these work.

http://www.amazon.com/Amanet-RLC-40-Red-Light-Changer/dp/B000NPNXOW
 
If I'm somewhere (there's one a block from my house) where the sensor doesn't register, if there's no traffic I run the red light. If that gets me into court one day, then that will be a day of reckoning for the City.

If there's too much traffic to safely run the red (I only do it if there's absolutely no traffic coming from any direction - I treat it like a stop sign and only go when it's safe for me) then I either turn right on the red (legal at 99% of intersections) and then do a u-turn if needed, or take other measures like pushing the cross walk button.

Most of the time another car comes along on the opposite side of the road and lands on the opposing sensor so that takes care of it.
 
I've had a few people tell me that by adding a few rare earth magnets to the bottom of the bike it allows the sensors to work properly.
 
I always ride up to intersections I plan on turning left at directly on top of the black tar lines cut into the asphalt. There's a buried wire under that tar and usually when I come to a stop the weight of the bike is enough to trigger the sensor. Occasionally I'll have to roll forward and stop quickly to create enough inertia to make the stubborn ones to trip. Try it it may work for you... 8)
 
I try to avoid the fucked up lights if I can, but I won't think twice about running a stubborn light if the coast is clear.
 
Most places they do not use a weight sensor (think about snow or ice on the road)... they use a coil sensor that measure inductance. Basically you are altering the Magnetic field over the coil with your giant chunk of metal.. unit of measurement here being a "Henry". So the question really becomes... how much of a difference in Henry do you need to create to trigger the system. Its fairly basic in terms of electronics. I would imagine rare earth magnets to cause a change and I would love to have someone test it... if you are looking for BIG ones... check www.unitednuclear.com They also sell uranium ore... for those of you living in Villainous Volcanic Compounds.
 
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