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Title: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by arteacher on 06/12/13 at 16:58:55 I recall a thread a while ago that described a fix so our little bikes would trigger a traffic light, but a search did not turn anything up. Can anyone help? A place where I work often has one, and I am getting tired of going right and right and right again ( or right and left and left and left and right) instead of just going left. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by Greg on 06/12/13 at 17:25:37 Is this the post you were looking for? http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1165622378 |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by apache snow on 06/12/13 at 17:31:13 Don't know about where you are at but magnets do not work on the red lights around here. We have a law that says we can proceed through a red light while on a motorcycle if the light is not triggered. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by Steve H on 06/12/13 at 19:26:55 We have the same law here. But, you have to wait 2 minutes before treating it as a stop sign. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by Paladin. on 06/12/13 at 19:56:06 IF I ever find a traffic signal that does not trigger my bike, I will complain to the streets department that owns it. Even MY bike. If it signal does not trigger my bike, the signal needs to be adjusted. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by arteacher on 06/13/13 at 04:14:12 YES, that's the post I was looking for! Thanks very much. :) |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by Dane Allen on 06/13/13 at 08:04:32 What about attaching a small magnet or two to the riding boots? I have deep tread and also a large gap in the arch...just a thought. This red light thing pisses me off to no end, I see it daily and I wondered if there was a hack to fix it. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by apache snow on 06/13/13 at 08:23:47 Found this on the net. If anyone wants to know why permanent magnets don't work here... 1) When you're stopped at the light the magnet isn't moving relative to the wire in the street. No relative movement, no induced current. The wire just doesn't see that magnetic field. 2) The loop isn't even set to detect induced current. Instead it detects a change in *its own* magnetic field as this field is continuously built up and collapsed by the alternating current in the wire. A nearby (or large) conductor or ferric material will alter that field, and this is typically sensed by it changing the frequency of an oscillator using this loop inductance, analogous to changing the length of a pendulum. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by arteacher on 06/13/13 at 09:29:39 I found this, which explanes it very well: http://www.wikihow.com/Trigger-Green-Traffic-Lights |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by Greg on 06/13/13 at 09:34:10 I don't worry about it myself. Most work around here. The ones that don't, well, I just go when it's safe to do so. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by EJID on 06/13/13 at 09:48:04 2227202B2C26450 wrote:
+1 ;D Me too |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by arteacher on 06/13/13 at 10:39:42 I would too, except the road I am trying to turn left onto is 4 lane and very busy, with a posted limit of 60 kph, which means everyone is going 80. The opportunity to turn left, even on a red, is severely limited- thus the light in the first place. |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by wearsabrowncoat on 06/13/13 at 11:15:10 707B7B727E71706A6B1F0 wrote:
I got a chuckle out of the alternate method mentioned down below: press the cross walk button :P |
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Title: Re: Magnetically triggered traffic lights. Post by ToesNose on 06/14/13 at 07:50:08 Quote:
I've done that at a very busy T intersection before LOL |
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