Stuff wot annoys me

[henry]

You have all probably seen those boxes on the poles at the side of the road that flash "Slow...Down...Now!" What you probably don't realise is that if you slow down it will show you your speed. Must have a radar thingymy in them. Seems the powers that be have adjusted them so they can spot a motorbike. That's nice of them to think of us isn't it.

So why the fuck don't they do the same thing for traffic lights? Just spent god knows how long at the lights at the bottom of Haywards hill waiting for them to change. Sat through half a dozen changes but would they change for me? I was just about to run the lights when a couple of cars turned up and tripped the lights.

Fucking irritating.

[PrincessBandit]

Ha ha , there was a story about scoots and bikes not being heavy enough to trip lights on tv not that long ago. Bottom line is that legally you're stuck there till they change. Yeah right. Would they be able to make the sensor more sensitive to lighter vehicles?
I usually wait for a while and if nothings coming I go - at night I hate sitting all alone at a set of lights, kinda freaks me out. But before I get told to htfu or "well don't ride at night then" I get over it. (Still don't always wait for the light change though).

[Nagash]

Oo, another one of these threads. The advice given to solve this problem from memory if,

- Stick a big-ass magnet to the front of your bike.
- Rev your engine creating a magnetic wave
- Put your centrestand right over the sensor

And that's all I can remember..


But those speed detector thingies are fun, if only they recorded your speed over the speed limit too.. that you could get a high-score table going.

[homer]

If they dont change and its clear i just go
, hey there faulty , not my prob . and i have waited quite a while by this time

[Hahn]

- at night I hate sitting all alone at a set of lights, kinda freaks me out.

Ha, apparently in SA woman are legally allowed to run reds at night...:chase:

[PrincessBandit]

Ha, apparently in SA woman are legally allowed to run reds at night...:chase:

Which kind of red light......:laugh:. Oh, you were talking about traffic ones weren't you?

[Hahn]

Thinking about it, probably not just traffic lights... :msn-wink:
but I don't know about that! :baby:

[BiK3RChiK]

Ha, apparently in SA woman are legally allowed to run reds at night...:chase:

i'm surprised anyone would stop at all for the red over there!

[MSTRS]

Ha ha , there was a story about scoots and bikes not being heavy enough to trip lights on tv not that long ago. Bottom line is that legally you're stuck there till they change. Yeah right. Would they be able to make the sensor more sensitive to lighter vehicles?


Actually, it is a disruption in a magnetic field that triggers lights, not weight. This field is adjustable, so if your bike doesn't trip them, complain to the responsible authority to have it set to a more sensitive level.
And legally, I understand that if you sit through 2 cycles without getting your turn, you may 'proceed if the way is clear'. This would apply to a system where there are 3 or more light phases. How one gets on with a simple 2 way system I don't know....a 'reasonable time'?

[Deviant Esq]

There's a set of lights down here in Christchurch that goes so infrequently that even if it knows you're there you'd wait an eternity to get through. It's quite common for a bus to pull up at the offending set, driver hops out of his bus and wanders over to the edge of the intersection, hits the pedestrian crossing button, wanders back over to his bus and hops back in, in time for the lights changing and off he goes. Me? I'm far too lazy for that kind of effort. As long as noone [important] sees me... :whistle:

[Mom]

They have put one of those speed detector things at the end of a long straight up here (Windy Ridge heading south for those that know the area) I thought that was a bit silly really, imagine seeing how fast you can go at the end of long straight :whistle:

[fizbin]

The funnyest thing about the radars in west auckalnd is that they are solar powered. someone whent round and stole all the solar pannels off them all hahahaha!!! some now has really cheap power!
good on them i say.

[jim.cox]

There's one of those speed signs just down the road from my place.

Come past it under 50kmh and it shows the speed and "Thank You, Safe"

As if just being under the limit automatically == safe

I see a ton of distracted morons that would not be safe even at walking pace

Yet another example of your taxpayer dollars being used for bullshit

[discotex]

WTF? :blank:

They say something other than "slow down" ??!?!

[Maha]

Stuff 'That' annoys me........people wot use the the word when trying to make a statement...:msn-wink:

[Livvy]

I see a ton of distracted morons that would not be safe even at walking pace

Since when did you meet me? :rolleyes:

Not my fault the door frame moves when I walk past/into it...


WTF? :blank:

They say something other than "slow down" ??!?!

Is this to say you don't know how to "slow down" :lol:

Have you gone out to see if they really do say it yet?

[discotex]

Is this to say you don't know how to "slow down" :lol:

I thought they were for the cages.

Kinda like the cages think the red lights are for the pedestrians ;)



Have you gone out to see if they really do say it yet?

It said I was doing 55km/h but my speedo said 45km/h. I know my speedo is accurate at those speeds so what a load of shit they are.

[Livvy]

I thought they were for the cages.

Kinda like the cages think the red lights are for the pedestrians ;)



It said I was doing 55km/h but my speedo said 45km/h. I know my speedo is accurate at those speeds so what a load of shit they are.
You should do a run by a few times at like 30km/h. See what it says then. Get video footage if it's still above, then if you ever get caught "speeding", show it in court and say if that can't get my speed right, who says the cop's radar can?

[EJK]

Yeah I'm telling you, the traffic lilghts (esp in Albany) are bikesist!

[avgas]

Cops are now sitting just past these helpful little signs. Usually in tandem.

[Japtwin]

The what word? the WTF word? WTF?