Traffic Lights that don't give u your turn

**FEINT** · 17th March 2005, 13:28

I was at the lights today in town and I was first at the lights and no cages behind me, the lights never came round to letting me turn.!!

I understand that they work on a weight sensor and bikes aren't heavy enough, but what do most of you do?

After waiting for two rounds, I was getting pretty frustrated.

So I just turned..... :spudwhat:

**bugjuice** · 17th March 2005, 13:35

a lot of bikes don't set the sensors off. Some newer lights that have been put in recently are starting to be more sensative to bikes. What hacks me off more is when cars do pull up behind you, but stop so far back that they don't touch the sensors at all, so we're all sat there waiting!!

I once heard that it's *ok* if you let the lights go thru 3 cycles and hasn't let you go, to then proceed with extreme caution, else you could be there all day.. Most of the time, it's late at night when there's no cars around anyway - that's why you're stuck, right? Can be frustrating.. just be careful around them tho.. Might be safer to turn left regardless of where you want to go, then if you have to, choose a safe spot to spin round and head back if you were turning right. That way, you're not passing 2 lanes to carry on..

**duckman** · 17th March 2005, 13:35

I Might be wrong but I thought the sensors were magnetic based. I've found that if the lights dont pick you up the first time just pull the clutch in and change from neutral to 1st and back again.

This seems to work but more than likely it's just a way to waste some time until a cage turns up and sets it off.

Can anyone confirm this ?????

**James Deuce** · 17th March 2005, 13:38

As you approach the stop, look for a grid pattern on the road, about half a car length long, just before the double white lines. Make sure you stop directly over one of these lines, and if it misses a phase, rev the snot out of the bike. That should trip the magnetic induction loop.

**jrandom** · 17th March 2005, 13:41

If not tripping the inductive loop bothers you, ride a motorcycle that has lots and lots of iron in it. An old shovelhead Hardley or summat might do the trick.

Me, I just run the red light.

**strayjuliet** · 17th March 2005, 13:47

Don't ya hate that? I've come accross the same thing only i was on a pushbike, lol but it would mostly do it when I was in a hurry and it was late at night and on a friday night, oh yeah and pouring with rain, so was it not only cold, dark, and wet, but when most party-goers were out clubbing and can see you sitting there waiting and waiting etc etc. In the end I would give up and go unless I wanted to go straight then I would go press the buzzer, that usually worked.

**ManDownUnder** · 17th March 2005, 13:55

get off your bike, walk over and push the pedestrian crossing button... get back on your bike... often sets off a change in the lights and you go next.

Sometimes it lets the ped cross then flicks back to where it was though...

**BNZ** · 17th March 2005, 13:58

Just do a stoppie onto the pad, that should trigger the weight sensor!

**jrandom** · 17th March 2005, 13:59

I like to think of red light running as a special type of filtering that's just a bit less socially acceptable, so I only do it late at night when nobody's watching.

**jrandom** · 17th March 2005, 14:00

Originally Posted by ZXR250_NZ

Just do a stoppie onto the pad, that should trigger the weight sensor!

It's quite a short thread for you to have not actually *read* it before posting, don't you think?

:eyepoke:

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 17th March 2005, 14:04

Everything you want to know is in here.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...2&page=1&pp=15
You will note this thread started on lights but read on and Allun explains the traffic lights and how they work.

**Maximus** · 17th March 2005, 14:04

Originally Posted by duckman

I Might be wrong but I thought the sensors were magnetic based. I've found that if the lights dont pick you up the first time just pull the clutch in and change from neutral to 1st and back again.

This seems to work but more than likely it's just a way to waste some time until a cage turns up and sets it off.

Can anyone confirm this ?????

I've heard this before, cant remember if it's correct or not tho, sorry, not much help really. :spudwhat:

**Wolf** · 17th March 2005, 14:05

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

get off your bike, walk over and push the pedestrian crossing button... get back on your bike... often sets off a change in the lights and you go next.

Sometimes it lets the ped cross then flicks back to where it was though...

Mate of mine always used to do the crossing light thing. One night he was on the back of my bike when the lights wouldn't change. He jumps off, races over to the crossing, hits the button, turns to sprint back, slips on a loose dusting of gravel or something, lands on his arse on the footpath, lights change to green, he gets to his feet but the lights are red again before he gets back to the bike, so we're stuck at the lights waiting for them to change again.

Why didn't I take the chance and go through and wait on the other side? You farkin' try driving and pissing yourself, mate, see how well you do...