Lights

[thehollowmen]

what about using a BB gun to press the pedestrian crossing whatzit?

probably get shit from the cops though for pulling out an imitation pistol ...

or just lean over and press it while you're by the footpath?

[Lou Girardin]

Dont work, its a magnetic thing (roughly) not a weight one. Here are two recommendations relayed from cops..

1) Dismount and cross as a pedestrian

2) Treat it as a Give Way intersection

No. 2 wouldn't have helped a young scooter riding lady that followed me through stuck lights. A cop saw her (not me though) and was about to write her up when I saw what was happening and did my Sir Galahad thing, rode back and dissuaded the coppess from doing so.
Don't think that one cop speaks for all of them.

[Kwaka-Kid]

sorry i havnt read every post but Firestormer was bang on what i was going to say (cept he made it sound far too techy :P)

You do realise once you have sat thru 1 whole phase of light changing its then legal for you to go thru the red light, giving way of course.

[Milky]

I agree with the second part of Mr Farhtsturm's analysis, but I am not so sure about the first bit. Surely to induce a current in the loops your bike would have to have an overall magnetic polarity to it. I am thinking in along the lines that moving a magnet through a solenoid induces a current, but moving a bit of iron through the same solenoid doesnt...

Maybe I am wrong, but the presence of dinner prevents me from thinking more about it...

[NC]

I just get off the bike and press the pedestrians crossing button then run back to the bike...

[NC]

what about using a BB gun to press the pedestrian crossing whatzit?

probably get shit from the cops though for pulling out an imitation pistol ...

or just lean over and press it while you're by the footpath?

A paintball gun would be better, then you can waste people with it who pull out infront of you

[JohnBoy]

i have found that if it is busy enough is to just roll right the way past the sensors and then let the following cages move foward and trip the lights.

but if quiet i give it about 2mins and just drive through.

[SPORK]

A paintball gun would be better, then you can waste people with it who pull out infront of you

Meh, a fullly auto bb gun wins hand down any day! I can't wait till I get my full metal M9

[Coyote]

Meh, a fullly auto bb gun wins hand down any day! I can't wait till I get my full metal M9

Paintball gun would be better. It would be funnier to see them covered in paint, plus BBs are pretty measly. Suppose once you get the gas powered M9, those BBs would pack more punch than your spring loaded Glock. The M9 would be pretty awesome.

[DarkNinja]

I think in (welly)town, but i may be completely utterly wrong, there are camera sensors in silver boxes. next time you stop look for one. it doesnt just look like a silver box, it actually looks like some kinda camera. but these are generally for pedestrian ones.
What about ones that dont have pedestrian crossings?
But i have been stuck at lights before. Whitford Brown Av, porirua, but its generally busy which is cool coz u can kick V8 ass up the road
DN

[Posh Tourer :P]

Yeah there are a few of those little silver things - they are infra-red. If the beam gets broken, they trigger....
We have some of them at work, for a pedestrian alert, and as a door counter

[Frankie]

Before we get any more theories on how traffic lights work..

How traffic lights work http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question234.htm
How red light cameras work http://electronics.howstuffworks.com...ght-camera.htm

[Magua]

Around the shore there are a few. The lights at Chivalry/Chartwell/Diana Dr are the worst. Avoid the turning lanes at all cost along with the Chartwell lights.

[Devil]

Yarr, turning right into parkway drive from constellation is one that doesnt pick up my bike.

[vifferman]

Main drag in hamilhole has a set of lights for pedestrians crossing, which is cool untill some mofo presses the button and pisses off, stopping traffic for nothing. In these cases I hace no problem with just going through the red light.... what a bad ass haha, i'll be give old grannies the bash for their pension soon!!

There are several sets here on Onewa Road that have footprints you have to stand on while pressing the button, or else the controller ignores the button press. This is designed to eliminate the problem you described, and was invented by someone local, I believe.
And talking about paintball guns - there were several towns in the US that had to abandon fixed speed cameras when the cost of cleaning them every night after locals 'protested' their presence by shooting the lens covers with paintball guns, was more than any revenue they generated.