Letter about traffic light sensors, to the Wellington City Council

[James Deuce]

That's not particularly helpful mate. The only set of lights in the Wellington region I can't trigger is in the Hutt and it's the Korokoro/SH2 intersection. They have to dig up the intersection to fix it though, because apparently Fulton Hogan have buried the sensors 6 inches deeper than they should have, so I have to wait until they start altering those intersections. No big deal.

One thing you can do to help yourself, is line the bike up directly over the sensor wires. You can see them quite easily at most intersections. There is a grid like a closed off capital "H". Come to a halt over one of the uprights at the intersection. Works 99% of the time for me.

I do think you're being unreasonable and being part of the problem instead of part of the solution though.

[Babelfish]

For fuck sakes dont ring them or send a single thing, otherwise I'll have no excuse to run more reds

[McJim]

Apparently turning your engine off and then back on again works - dunno why - I was just told it.

Never had a prob - always had a bike with a steel frame (saw too many Aluminium frames fail on MTBs).

[Delphinus]

Good on ya Steam. Its something they should be made aware of so as to ensure they check it in the future when doing work... and so FH are not allowed to make that mistake in the future.

[saltydog]

Geeze Wayne, do you think you should live in a provincial town with no traffic lights.......?
Certainly wouldnt have to worry about chatting EM sensitivity with some geezer so you can get to work on time. In fact stuff the work, wake up post-rush hour and go for a nice long ride. My heart bleeds

[Slingshot]

So much for the hard biker image!!

Oh deary me...my wee bikey won't make the light turn green...I think I'll write a letter of complaint!!

I must be in the 1% of motorcyclists that the sensors work fine for, never had a problem on the R6.

[Drum]

I've only had issues at that Korokoro/ SH2 intersection myself.

[Hitcher]

The right-turn off Old Hutt Road up the Ngaio Gorge can be a bit problematic after hours.

[Shadows]

Coming off the Haywards is a bastard. I run it all the time.

[Burger]

Are you guys talking about the one on SH2 that goes up to Kelson ?

That one is fucked if you come down Major Drive and want to go into Wellington. I won't moan too much because I can't be arsed ringing anybody about it.

[James Deuce]

Are you guys talking about the one on SH2 that goes up to Kelson ?

That one is fucked if you come down Major Drive and want to go into Wellington. I won't moan too much because I can't be arsed ringing anybody about it.

No, but the one coming off London Rd onto SH2 at Korokoro does the same thing in the same direction.

[Renegade]

yeah lights round wellington suck, good on steam for being pissy enough to moan about it.

STICK IT TO THE MAN!

[James Deuce]

The point I'm trying to make and you lot seem to be too thick to understand, is that the "man" has actually offered to help.

Tell them which ones don't work so they can fix them. Don't just go, "Waaah, Wellington lights suck, and you Council people are dicks and hate bikes", because you're just screwing it up for the rest of us.

What a pack of babies.

[Hawkeye]

The point I'm trying to make and you lot seem to be too thick to understand, is that the "man" has actually offered to help.

Tell them which ones don't work so they can fix them. Don't just go, "Waaah, Wellington lights suck, and you Council people are dicks and hate bikes", because you're just screwing it up for the rest of us.

What a pack of babies.

Jim,
There is not only one technician maintaining lights. So asking one guy to check one set of lights because he is currently working on them is not the answer.
I know of at least 6 sets that don't work. I'm sure that the 6 I know of are different to the list that others would come up with.
Maybe it would be easier to come up with a list of ones that do work eh! It would probably be shorter.

Steam is not just moaning about the lights, he is pointing out a flaw to someone that is in a position to do something about it. A letter like this may be enough for the manager to arrange that the sensitivity of all sensors are checked as a standard practice rather than waiting for a list to come in.

You seem to be throwing your toys out of the cot on a regular basis now.
Maybe you should look a bit closer to home before accusing others of being 'babies'.

[Steam]

You've missed the point Jim2, but Hawkeye has it extremely right, exactly. We can't complain about every set of lights that don't recognise us, that would be an ongoing and thankless task.
Instead the techs could just check the sensitivity every time they open the box to inspect or fiddle or whatever. Just add an extra 30-second task to their job.
I'll re-hash MY letter to emphasise this.

Jim please feel free to send another letter saying you are a hard-man and have an inductive arse, and that my letter is sent by a hemp-wearing hippie who rides a bike made of sticks and recycled mud.

Steam is not just moaning about the lights, he is pointing out a flaw to someone that is in a position to do something about it. ... arrange that the sensitivity of all sensors are checked as a standard practice rather than waiting for a list to come in.

Tell them which ones don't work so they can fix them. Don't just go, "Waaah, Wellington lights suck, and you Council people are dicks and hate bikes", because you're just screwing it up for the rest of us.