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Interesting Article over at Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/07/inte ... scriminat/

In Long Island many of the sensors are able to pick up my bike as I approach the red light (if there are no cars on the other road the light changes quickly) but there are still stubborn lights around. I noticed for some of them that I have to roll on top of the black lines in the road where the wires are installed or that I have to roll on top of a button like object where car tires are likely to make contact.

Then in the small towns or villages I would have to just blow past the red light when no one is around. I would hope that the state would fix every traffic light that relies on these sensors but I do commend them on calibrating many of them. The most dangerous is when the sensor for the Left Turn only lane doesn't pick up the bike forcing you to either stay there like an idiot or run it when the opposing traffic is gone. Switching lanes is not an option most of the time because in Long Island the roads curve quite a bit taking you far from the road you wish to be on. As for the product isn't there one made for motorcycles? I do see ads for them in the cycle magazines and maybe those will work.

That thing looks dangerous. I use to long distance ride bicycles and I would never put something which hung that low on my bike. There are so many other options for bicyclists, waiting for a car, using the crosswalk etc. As for motorcycles, if you find a sensor you are having trouble tripping contact your local traffic control office with the city or county you live in, they can fix the sensor to trip when a motorcycle rider comes up to it.

I just make a bunch of right turns untill I'm headed in the right direciton.

Chemical Taste - you remind me of when my grandmother was driving. She learned to drive at the young age of 56, she refused to make any left hand turns and would plot her way around town to do her her errands by making right hand turns only...