Stoplights with vehicle sensors

[OakLeaf]

I've read someplaces, if you wait a cycle then it's legal to run it. I try to do that but 45 sec sounds better.

That's a matter of state law, so you'd need to look up your state statutes and make sure there aren't local ordinances that are stricter.

Still, if there's not a cop in sight, honestly "safe" counts for a whole lot more than "legal" in my book.

I mean, you ALL take the lane even in states where it's illegal to do so, right?! I certainly plan to continue to do so in Florida. It was dangerous enough already before they passed that new law.

Most of the lights that give me problems don't have multiple lights for turning lanes, etc., so there's no such thing as a "cycle." Just a circular green, one lane in each direction, and it either turns or it doesn't.

[soprano]

I figured out the roadbed sensors a long time ago and am rarely unable to trip them, except during heavy rain. I have no idea why rain would interfere.

I never seem to manage to trip the optical sensors. We're talking about the little camera thing that sits on top of the stop light or pole and looks across the intersection, right? What's the trick? I have to cross a busy road during my commute and I've watched a certain light cycle without me too many times to count. (For any Austinites, this would be crossing MLK at San Jacinto. I've recently resorted to making an illegal right on red and heading up the hill.)