Originally Posted by
WALRUS
I read/saw something a few years ago about scooters and smaller bikes not being able to trigger those lights sometimes so whoever wrote the article wired a big, fuck off, electro magnet into their bellypan with a switch somewhere near their dash I think?
It meant they could rock up to a set of lights with their little Chinese "plastic fantastic" scooter, hit a button and the light sensor thinks "holy shit, an articulated lorry just appeared out of nowhere!!"
Possibly bollocks but I wonder if there's any merit to it.
I have two neodymium magnets attached to the oil filter to collect any ferrous detritus in my oil. American sources state that an added bonus is that they assist with traffic lights. Having now told you this and got you all excited, I also have to tell you that the government suddenly banned the importation of neodymium magnets a few years ago. They were worried that a child might swollow some.
There are such things as magnetic sump plugs. As always there are cheap ones and some are more expensive. The more expensive ones are more likely to be neodymium and thus more effective. Being sump plugs rather than little coin shaped objects they may escape the notice of Customs.
OTOH though, if you have a collection of old HDDs, each one normally has a little neodymium magnet inside.
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