What is the trick to trigger Traffic Lights.
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09-05-2009, 05:33 PM
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What is the trick to trigger Traffic Lights.
What is the trick to trigger traffic lights? I got stuck at a light for 5 minutes till a car came behind me to set off the magnets. Almost was late for work because of this.
People at work said I need to glue Neodymium Magnets on the bottom of my bike to set off the magnets. Any truth to this???
People at work said I need to glue Neodymium Magnets on the bottom of my bike to set off the magnets. Any truth to this???
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09-05-2009, 08:28 PM
Someone said they tried putting a rare earth magnet on their oil pan drain plug and had success
https://cbrforum.com/forum/how-mechanical-40/magnetic-drain-plug-light-changer-97029/
https://cbrforum.com/forum/how-mechanical-40/magnetic-drain-plug-light-changer-97029/
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09-06-2009, 08:35 AM
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If I go through a full round of the signals and can tell that I'm not going to get the light I wait until absolutely nobody is near the intersection and just go. Again, I emphasize the fact that I look around VERY well before doing that. If it's a busier intersection where this isn't possible then someone will pull up behind me soon enough anyway.
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If I go through a full round of the signals and can tell that I'm not going to get the light I wait until absolutely nobody is near the intersection and just go. Again, I emphasize the fact that I look around VERY well before doing that. If it's a busier intersection where this isn't possible then someone will pull up behind me soon enough anyway.
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09-06-2009, 03:23 PM
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+1.
It is not worth it to sit at a light for more than a minute and wait for it to turn green, when it probably won't if it hasn't turned green already.
If it is at night, I am even more reluctant to wait because around the Philly suburbs, many lights are only ran off of the sensors and if no traffic is passing along, the other lights for the cross streets stay the same until a car pulls up to the red stop light of the opposite cross streets.
I say, be careful, but go through the red and watch for those hiding cops.
It is not worth it to sit at a light for more than a minute and wait for it to turn green, when it probably won't if it hasn't turned green already.
If it is at night, I am even more reluctant to wait because around the Philly suburbs, many lights are only ran off of the sensors and if no traffic is passing along, the other lights for the cross streets stay the same until a car pulls up to the red stop light of the opposite cross streets.
I say, be careful, but go through the red and watch for those hiding cops.
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09-06-2009, 03:31 PM
+1.
It is not worth it to sit at a light for more than a minute and wait for it to turn green, when it probably won't if it hasn't turned green already.
If it is at night, I am even more reluctant to wait because around the Philly suburbs, many lights are only ran off of the sensors and if no traffic is passing along, the other lights for the cross streets stay the same until a car pulls up to the red stop light of the opposite cross streets.
I say, be careful, but go through the red and watch for those hiding cops.
It is not worth it to sit at a light for more than a minute and wait for it to turn green, when it probably won't if it hasn't turned green already.
If it is at night, I am even more reluctant to wait because around the Philly suburbs, many lights are only ran off of the sensors and if no traffic is passing along, the other lights for the cross streets stay the same until a car pulls up to the red stop light of the opposite cross streets.
I say, be careful, but go through the red and watch for those hiding cops.
But who wouldn't look the cop in the eye and say "I'd been at the light for 5 min before you got there"?
