weight dependent traffic lights?
linsen
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I waited like a very good girl at the end of my work road today to get out on a green. It was red while the main road traffic zoomed ny, then the crossing man went green, then the main road traffic started up again! Grrr!
I guess the light only activates for me if I'm in a car. Or perhaps lardier. That does frustrate me.
I guess the light only activates for me if I'm in a car. Or perhaps lardier. That does frustrate me.
Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
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This scenario is the only reason I ever RLJ (but only if I'm a falling tree in a wood with no one else there).
Report it to the local council , say you want a button to push , national cycle routes have buttons for cyclists
I thought that you could legally pass a red light if safe to do so after it fails to operate .
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(the diamond shape in the tarmac in front of the stopline)
That's handy - I'm sure there's one of those on my daily commute, and I've been trying to work out where the loop is so I can position myself over it. It's on a quiet road (at my time of the morning) where there is frequently nothing coming in either direction and I've sat there for five minutes on my own on a couple of occasions waiting for the lights to change before giving up and wheeling the bike across the road and continuing on.
I don't like doing it, but it's one of the few times I hope for a car to come along behind me in order to allow me through. :oops:
Phekdra
Sure about that? If a car arrives at a junction and the lights only work on operation of a ped crossing, I'll bet that the car can proceed when safe.
AndyManc - good tip. That'll come in useful!
Commuter: FCN 9
Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
Off Road: FCN 11
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Reminds me of a Mr Bean sketch I saw years ago where he sees a cyclist do that and does the same with his mini......
Most of the traffic lights I go through do sense bikes. The one that I have found that doesn't is in a place where RLJ'ing would be a very bad idea. As it is a relatively low traffic route in the direction I travel at the time I am there I have altered my route to avoid it.
If the magnet thing works I wouldn't mind doing that so I can go back to the old route.
Might be worth contacting the relevant highway authority for the traffic lights.
There were lights over a narrow bridge near me that were similarly bicycle insensitive. A phone call to East Surrey highways and within a week a man had come out and tweaked the sensitivity of the induction loop, and changed the angle of the above traffic light sensor. Now I can trigger it each time if I position myself correctly each time.
The ones in the opposite directly stupidly have an ASB which is in front of the induction loop so if waiting in the box, the traffic lights will ALWAYS fail to trigger. I tend to hover just behind the ASL in the "car" bit, and when the opposing traffic light goes red, move in to the ASB to get a run up for the bridge!
YMMV - Rufus.
Either way, report it to the local authority, they should be able to adjust the set the sensitivity of the sensor to detect a bike. However, if your bike is non-ferrous (ie carbon alminium or other alloy) it'll never trigger an induction loop.
By the way, has anyone else noticed that where induction loops are installed adjacent to on-road cycle lanes/ASLs the loops don't cross into the cycle lane?
Bob