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    personally i dont see why they dont put a global crossing there (like on queen st), it means people can stand anywhere and get anywhere they want.

    Only problem is most student think they dont have 2 mins to wait for the lights and if they dont see a car for 3 secs, its the perfect time to play traffic controller.

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    also, i dont know if the control boxes are capable of this or not but...

    they should have different crossing phasings for a 10min window on the hour, every hour between 9-4. (e.g 12:55-->1:05)

    This is the peak student time between classes.

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    aha! i thought the lights had changed!

    now that light change would probably be a good idea, but is it really neccessary? maybe if they just give an extra 5 seconds on the pedestrian green phase, but other than that it's only a minor holdup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tickler View Post
    also, i dont know if the control boxes are capable of this or not but...

    they should have different crossing phasings for a 10min window on the hour, every hour between 9-4. (e.g 12:55-->1:05)

    This is the peak student time between classes.

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    That's a bloody fantastic idea! Has anybody thought of this before?

    I'd seriously write into the council to see if they can do that. I know the boxes have some idea of time and change to suit, as late at night they switch into pressure-only mode (much to the chagrin of riders who don't know to park exactly on the sensors underneath the road), but maybe they don't support such fine resolution.

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    haha, i remember one night about 6:30 a guy in a car couldn't figure out that by leaving a car length infront of him he wasn't on the sensor. traffic backed up for miles behind him, and it took about 4 minutes of me bouncing on my bike and waving him forward before he caught on (edit: note i had gotten infront of him after passing about 200m of parked cars, so i reckon he'd been there atleast 5 minutes waiting for a green)

    i'm beginning to think a solution to auckland's conjestion (and road toll) is simply an IQ test when you sit your licence

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hanne View Post
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    i know get some flags and march around like every other group at uni.
    Explain to me again why people dont just park where ever they want.
    Seems to me it was more publically accepted than having sex in the open. And i know people do that in Albert park
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckylegs View Post
    ...Which for some strange reason brings me back to parallel parking, but I cant think why ?
    kinky..........but wrong
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    Quote Originally Posted by motorbyclist View Post
    i'm beginning to think a solution to auckland's conjestion (and road toll) is simply an IQ test when you sit your licence
    the ability of an iq test to measure intelligence is questionable at best.....

    most iq tests are also very culturally biased (toward the culture in which the particular test was developed)

    better off just looking at the person's insurance claim history and also how many dings they have on their car and instantly disqualifying any numnuts who's proven himself or herself to be a complete munter on the road.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by bomma View Post
    the ability of an iq test to measure intelligence is questionable at best.....

    most iq tests are also very culturally biased (toward the culture in which the particular test was developed)

    better off just looking at the person's insurance claim history and also how many dings they have on their car and instantly disqualifying any numnuts who's proven himself or herself to be a complete munter on the road.....
    Nah i rekkon they flip a coin, they guess it right, you can drive, guess it wrong and its the bus for you buddy!

    Probably get the same mix as the current system. and it will slash costs! but wait there's more!

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    Quote Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat View Post
    I know the boxes have some idea of time and change to suit, as late at night they switch into pressure-only mode (much to the chagrin of riders who don't know to park exactly on the sensors underneath the road), but maybe they don't support such fine resolution.
    there was this light some place cant recall where but i stopped for about 10min waiting for it to go green but wouldnt, moved my bike to find the pressure sensors, but it just would not detect me,
    could be that my bike is too light, but is 160kg light?? anyways i just gased it on the red and dont know if that light ever turned green sence... hahah
    which show that pressure sensors are sh!t....
    Terrorist are people too.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ehab2weelr View Post
    there was this light some place cant recall where but i stopped for about 10min waiting for it to go green but wouldnt, moved my bike to find the pressure sensors, but it just would not detect me,
    could be that my bike is too light, but is 160kg light?? anyways i just gased it on the red and dont know if that light ever turned green sence... hahah
    which show that pressure sensors are sh!t....
    agree....i rememba when i had my fxr (back in the day) and i was stopped at the balmoral rd, mt eden rd intersection for about 10mins before i got annoyed and ran the red.....

    pain in the ass and annoying as hell
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    Quote Originally Posted by ehab2weelr View Post
    there was this light some place cant recall where but i stopped for about 10min waiting for it to go green but wouldnt, moved my bike to find the pressure sensors, but it just would not detect me,
    could be that my bike is too light, but is 160kg light?? anyways i just gased it on the red and dont know if that light ever turned green sence... hahah
    which show that pressure sensors are sh!t....

    I had the same thing happened to me on the CBR 250 on Epsom Ave. traffic lights...no problems with the Fireblades.
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    sometimes, if there's traffic or a camera, getting off you bike, putting out the stand and balacing the bike on the stand can cause enough localised pressure on the road to set off the sensor.... remember that if there's random squares on the road the sensors are under there, usually a bit back from the line by half a metre

    the other option is to do a stoppie; if the stoppie doesn't trigger the sensor, you bike crashing back down sure will!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bomma View Post
    agree....i rememba when i had my fxr (back in the day) and i was stopped at the balmoral rd, mt eden rd intersection for about 10mins before i got annoyed and ran the red.....

    pain in the ass and annoying as hell
    haha, same happened to me back on my fxr. turning right on lincon rd.

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