Stop light question?

[OreoStang]

So was curious about something. I ride pretty late at night and have hit some stop lights. Now it is at a red light and is there any way to trip the lights to turn green. I have also heard that it is possible legal to run the light if no one is there. Leo's chime in with this. I'm not trying to get tickets or anything. I have a CDL so not playing around with it. Someone had said it was passed as a law but not sure to the truth to it. So someone chime in

[SonicblueGT03]

The "light trippers" whatever trade name they may be sold under, are all just rare earth magnets designed to trip a certain type of traffic light (inductive loop). You can either buy one of the commercially available ones, or source some raw magnets and do it yourself. My experience with them is that they really didn't make much difference on any of my bikes. What worked better for me was positioning the bike directly over one of the "lines" in the inductive loop, then shut the bike off and restart it. Seems the EMF coming off the starter was usually strong enough to trip the light.

If it was late enough, and there was no traffic around, then I'd jsut run the light. Only pulle dover once for it and the officer was basically amazed that I had waited so long to run it (he'd been watching me the whole time). Not sure all LEO's would be that understanding though.

[OreoStang]

The "light trippers" whatever trade name they may be sold under, are all just rare earth magnets designed to trip a certain type of traffic light (inductive loop). You can either buy one of the commercially available ones, or source some raw magnets and do it yourself. My experience with them is that they really didn't make much difference on any of my bikes. What worked better for me was positioning the bike directly over one of the "lines" in the inductive loop, then shut the bike off and restart it. Seems the EMF coming off the starter was usually strong enough to trip the light.

If it was late enough, and there was no traffic around, then I'd jsut run the light. Only pulle dover once for it and the officer was basically amazed that I had waited so long to run it (he'd been watching me the whole time). Not sure all LEO's would be that understanding though.

Fair enough. The main thing is I have a CDL and not going to be getting any tickets.

[BP]

Put the kick stand down, it's always worked for me.

[krazy kris]

I have just flashed my lights and it seems to work for me

[BERNIE MOSFET]

I have just flashed my lights and it seems to work for me

I wouldn't expect that to help any. The strobes that emergency vehicle use to cause traffic lights to change are infrared.


The induction loops respond to ferromagnetic material moving into the center of the loop - increasing the inductive properties of the loop. I'm guessing motorcycles don't have enough iron or steel to alter the magnetic permeability enough to alert to the presence of a vehicle. Same with lifted vehicles - too far off the ground.


You might try stopping just to an inside corner of the loop, or directly on top of the line (both wheels on the line). The magnetic field from the loop would be stronger closer to the wire, and would likely benefit most there from any ferromagnetic material.

[dsrtuckteezy]

i ride late at night too, and there is no way im waiting at a light more than 30 seconds.

[Skidmark]

There are a few lights around my area that will not trip no matter what. I've sat at one specifically and watched the other lights cycle about 4 times. I just try to go a different route or run it if no one is around. I don't know the legalities of doing that though.

[noshine4mine]

My motorcycle saftey instructor said it is illegal to run lights even if it hasn't changed in quite some time.

He also said the corners of the induction pads are the best spot to get them to pick up a bike.

FWIW

[BP]

My motorcycle saftey instructor said it is illegal to run lights even if it hasn't changed in quite some time.

Unless you are driving an emergency vehicle you have to obey all traffic signals, regardless of how long you've been waiting. As of 9-1-07 all sensors have to detect motorcycles, if the intersection is older than that and hasn't been calibrated or repaired though it's probably never going to work for motocycles. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs...l/HB01279F.HTM

Like I said though, putting down the kick stand will trigger most of the older systems. The stands are usually steel and putting them right on the pavement will usually trigger the sensor. At least in my experience it works well.

[kingjason]

My motorcycle saftey instructor said it is illegal to run lights even if it hasn't changed in quite some time.

He also said the corners of the induction pads are the best spot to get them to pick up a bike.

FWIW

Run it, he is incorrect.

[ram57ta]

I'm amazed nobody has suggested one of those little magnets on ebay that you attach to the bottom of your bike. I bought one on a whim several years ago because I was having that problem and it DID work on about 90% of the traffic lights I was having problems with. They're cheap as hell and not even visible once mounted.

[BP]

I'm amazed nobody has suggested one of those little magnets on ebay that you attach to the bottom of your bike. I bought one on a whim several years ago because I was having that problem and it DID work on about 90% of the traffic lights I was having problems with. They're cheap as hell and not even visible once mounted.

I'm amazed that you missed the second post.

[lowthreeohz]

I would turn right then flip a bitch when that happened to me. Otherwise after the 3rd cycle I would cautiously cross the intersection.

[ram57ta]

I'm amazed that you missed the second post.

yeah so I'm blind..AND???