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ofblong wrote:as I stated in about the other 20 threads I have read on this I have yet to have a light that wont change.

You've got the force... Although even I have only run in to one light that didn't change for me.

RhadamYgg

As posted in a different thread:

Skier wrote:It doesn't matter how close the magnet is, it isn't doing anything for the sensor. If your large mass of motorcycle isn't tripping the light, a tiny amount of metal closer to the sensor isn't going to do much.

Passing a magnet over an induction loop will induce a little current in it, but it won't change the loop's actual inductance any more than a similar-sized lump of unmagnetised metal with the same conductivity would. It's change in inductance that causes the vehicle detector to trigger...

From Dan's Data.

ofblong wrote:

FlysWithEagles wrote:Come to my town. I can show you at least two that won't change. But, if I know I'm going to be riding late at night with minimal traffic, I avoid those lights so I rarely have the problem of lights not changing for me.

being an industrial mechanic I get calls all the time where I go out to them and what they say is the problem never happens so I just walk away without doing anything .

I see. But like I said, come to my town and I can get you some work.

I've posted in a previous thread with RhadamYgg about this also. Those magnets don't work, save your money. Another option is to turn right on red, then make a U-turn and go back the other way. Hopefully the light will be green on the way back The few times that this has happened to me I give it a few minutes then I will run it.

I don't think there are many cops who would write a biker a ticket for some BS like that, and even fewer judges would enforce the citation.

suzuki500 wrote:hey forums, im new to biking and well i was riding in the streets earlier today...i wanted to turn so i went in the left turn stop light in the streets. there was nobody on anyside coming...so i waited for the light to turn green...and waited....well what are you supposed to do in that situation?

Pull out my sleeping bag and take a nap.

ofblong wrote:being an industrial mechanic I get calls all the time where I go out to them and what they say is the problem never happens so I just walk away without doing anything .

When I first started riding this annoyed the heck out of me. So I did try the magnet thing myself. It has helped with some inductive loop lights but not all.

From what I have "heard", inductive loop lights have sensitivity settings. However, many are set higher or lower depending on how close they are to the adjacent lights and their inductive loops. By increasing the sensitivity of the inductive loops to detect vehicles such as motorcycles the inductive loops may start to interfer with each other. Therefore, some lights can not be set high enough to detect motorcycles. Hence the reason why some lights work and some do not.

However, I am no expert just what I have read and learned. I just make a right turn and take a different route if needed.

Our state just passed a law that allows motorcyclists to treat a red light as if it were a stop sign after 2 minutes.

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/may ... nfor41243/

Now, if only the two I run into constantly would actually trip for cars, I'd be set Yeah, a lot of these aren't set up right around here.

I, personally, take a route that is about 1/2 a mile out of my way just because the lights are WITH the flow of traffic. The total trip takes me about 9 minutes, when my regular route took closer to 15 minutes because of all the damn lights.

There are also some 'Green Light Magnets' that you can buy and install on your bike. I am not too sure how well they work, but due to the fact that I ride alot late at night, it may come in handy to purchase one of them.
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R3sp4wN wrote:There are also some 'Green Light Magnets' that you can buy and install on your bike. I am not too sure how well they work, but due to the fact that I ride alot late at night, it may come in handy to purchase one of them.

I've managed to foresee this request and post why those don't work over two weeks ago.