Tripping traffic Lights
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Road Captain
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Tripping traffic Lights
I have read some posts about trafice lights that will not trip when your bike pulls up on them. My bike is big enough that it has not happened to on it yet.On smaller bikes years ago I had that problem but this seemed to work in most places.
Rig your bike with an electro-magnet under the frame. This is wired into the brake lamp circuit and induces enough of a field to trip most lights. Two such products are the Green Light Trigger and the Red Light Changer.
I hope the links works
Believe it or not sometimes just putting the kickstand down will sometimes work also just remember to put it backup.
Rig your bike with an electro-magnet under the frame. This is wired into the brake lamp circuit and induces enough of a field to trip most lights. Two such products are the Green Light Trigger and the Red Light Changer.
I hope the links works
Believe it or not sometimes just putting the kickstand down will sometimes work also just remember to put it backup.
Last edited by fffffish; Apr 16, 2012 at 08:03 PM.
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From: Gladys, VA
Those are pretty neat. Every so often I would hit a light and it would not change. Don't worry much about it now since they changed the law in Virginia.
"Two-wheel vehicles will be allowed to run those red lights, under certain situations, under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bob McDonnell. House Bill 1981 will let motorcyclists, moped riders and bicyclists pass through red lights, as long as there is no oncoming traffic, after waiting 120 seconds or two cycles of the light. The law will take effect July 1, 2011."
"Two-wheel vehicles will be allowed to run those red lights, under certain situations, under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bob McDonnell. House Bill 1981 will let motorcyclists, moped riders and bicyclists pass through red lights, as long as there is no oncoming traffic, after waiting 120 seconds or two cycles of the light. The law will take effect July 1, 2011."
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From: Central Illinois, Between I-80 and I-74
Modern street lights work better than the lights years ago.
BTW, those magnets are not electromagnets, no wiring involved and nothing to do with the brakes or brake light. You wouldn't want to add the load of an effective electromagnet to your bike anyway.
BTW, those magnets are not electromagnets, no wiring involved and nothing to do with the brakes or brake light. You wouldn't want to add the load of an effective electromagnet to your bike anyway.
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From: Southern IL
Those are pretty neat. Every so often I would hit a light and it would not change. Don't worry much about it now since they changed the law in Virginia.
"Two-wheel vehicles will be allowed to run those red lights, under certain situations, under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bob McDonnell. House Bill 1981 will let motorcyclists, moped riders and bicyclists pass through red lights, as long as there is no oncoming traffic, after waiting 120 seconds or two cycles of the light. The law will take effect July 1, 2011."
"Two-wheel vehicles will be allowed to run those red lights, under certain situations, under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bob McDonnell. House Bill 1981 will let motorcyclists, moped riders and bicyclists pass through red lights, as long as there is no oncoming traffic, after waiting 120 seconds or two cycles of the light. The law will take effect July 1, 2011."
yep , we got that law passed in Illinois just recently . I did have good luck with those light tripper magnets though
Road Warrior
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They are getting away from the sensor loops in the pavement. Too many problems and always have to recut the road to stuff a new wire every so often. This would take a whole work crew. They are using infered now. If you look on the pole at the little camera looking thing is the sensor. It picks up the vehicles in the area of the stop bar but not too much farther back. If there is a problem with these one man can repair it quickly.
Road Master
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From: New York
Happened this morning on a 55 mph four lane divided street, I did what the VA law said (even though it was New York) waited a couple lights, tried kickstand, then said -F-it when it was clear I made my left turn. But I would rather the light had changed, for peace of mind, if something happened it would be your fault, right ?===Bastards.
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Road Captain
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As soon as I recognize that I'm not gonna trip the light, I just treat it like any stop sign....simple
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