Drive me nuts. Do you just run 'em? My dh strongly disapproves that I run red lights. When I first started riding my regular routes that I use all the time now, I'd sit at those stupid lights and wait and wait, getting attacked by gnats or some random gang of insects.
My rides went much quicker once I decided to run the light after I made sure it was clear.
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07-26-2010, 02:07 PM #1
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Stoplights with vehicle sensors
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07-26-2010, 02:13 PM #2
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They just passed a law where I live, that after coming to a complete stop and of course taking caution, you may cross.
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07-26-2010, 02:30 PM #3
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I generally wait. A car comes along soon enough. The ones I encounter most often are at intersections where it would be dangerous to run the light (high traffic speeds/poor sightlines).
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07-26-2010, 02:31 PM #4
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Tucson has a few that are designed to be triggered by cyclists! Wish there were more though.
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07-26-2010, 02:37 PM #5
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Depends... usually a car comes along. If one doesn't I'll hit the walk button as most of my intersections are too busy to cross without the light. The walk usually triggers the green for me also.
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07-26-2010, 02:40 PM #6
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I will run a light if I have waited through a cycle and it has not changed. I usually ride at 6am on the weekends...not enough traffic out at that time to trigger some lights...and I'm not gonna sit around and wait 5 minutes for someone to come along. If it's clear, I go.
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07-26-2010, 02:59 PM #7
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I've been told that if the sensors are those ones where you can see the black edges of the circle, you should put your wheel right on the edge and kind of press and it should feel you. I've seen this work at intersections that I had to wait for a car for in the past. I'm in So. Cal. so I don't know if the senors would be the same where you are.
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07-26-2010, 03:43 PM #8
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Same here. I go out at 6 am, or even earlier. It's still dark - another reason I don't like waiting. I don't want to give the boogieman a chance to catch up with me.
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07-26-2010, 04:00 PM #9
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I count to 45 and legally go through the light -- Wisconsin state law says bikes (motorized and pedalled) need to wait 45 seconds. If no car is present during that time to trigger the light, we may proceed through the light.
That said, DH and I both have steel frames. If we know where the sensor is we put one bike on each vertical border of the box and tip the bikes toward the middle. Sometimes that will trigger the light.
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