has any one experienced traffic lights not changing, while making a left hand turn from a left turn lane. it hapens only when im on my bike.

 

Supposedly you can get a rare earth magnet, stick it down near the regulator and it will cause the lights to change. They sell them on ebay.

 

Yep,happens to me every nite about one am. It's got to where I'll follow some slow driving @sshole who's trying to act like he's not been drinking just so I can follow him thru that last lite before home. Daytime I just run the frickin lite.

Good Luck

Tom

 

yeah its frustrating just sitting there.

 

so why is it happening ? the bike dosent actavate light change because of size or weight.

 

people used to take the magnets out of old computer hard drives. Those things are incedibly powerful and you can buy the hard drives for a couple bucks. Just disassemble and stick a magnet under your bike as suggested above. be careful as those things can pinch a finger in a heartbeat when they get close to metal and try to pull themselves in

 

I usually sit a reasonable amount of time and wait till traffic is clear. In SC, they recently passed a law that allows bikers to do this when lights don't change. I've seen the magnets for sale and hear that they work. Don't bother looking for magnets in old computer hard drives you won't find any.

 

In Tennessee they passed a law after you come to a stop at a red light and see theres nothing coming you can run the red.

 

Here's a legal way around the problem:
There are many different types of traffic sensors. Pressure plates used to be common but aren't used much any more. Microwave sensors are getting popular because they are cheaper and easier to install than loop detectors. Loop detectors are by far the most common in use, though.

If you find yourself stuck at a light, contact the local department of transportation or whoever is in charge of traffic engineering in your area. Those loops are supposed to be adjusted so that a motorcycle will set them off but anything lighter won't. If the motorcycle isn't triggering them, then they need to be adjusted. The traffic guys don't go around calibrating those things every year, so the only way they know if the sensors need to be adjusted is if some motorcycle rider tells them.

Another legal way around it:
Why not make a right turn on red, followed by a quick u-turn followed by a right turn :P That way even if your state or province doesn't have a red light running law you can be safe with a series of 3 perfectly legal maneuvers.

For what it's worth:
Wisconsin (2006) has a red light running law as does North Carolina (2007), South Carolina (2008), Idaho (2006) Arkansas (2005), Tennessee (2003) and Minnesota (2002). Bills have been introduced for the same purpose in Georgia, Missouri and Oklahoma, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures and the legislative websites for those states.

 

Yup happens a lot on my way to work. Just run it when the coast is clear.