Stoplights with vehicle sensors

[jenniferh]

I try to hit the walk button. Recently I was at a left turn waiting and waiting through 2 cycles of the light, but it wasn't safe for me to just run it. Finally a car stopped behind me...like 20yds behind me. Nice for him to be respectful, but darn I needed him to trigger that sensor. i even moved to the side and waved him forward and he just smiled. grrr. It eventually was safe and I ran it, but agravating none the less.

[maryellen]

As a NYC woman, I only experienced this recently on a WomanTours trip in Virginia. I crossed on a private ferry just off the C&O trail (I think I'm remembering that correctly) and somehow dilly-dallied and missed all the cars going through the light. Took me a while to figure out what the problem was. I couldn't find the sensor and I ended up having to wait until the ferry arrived again and unloaded some cars which then triggered the light to change.

Ha, ha, that's a light I won't forget for a while!