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Traffic Light Tripper

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Anyone ever heard of or use one? It's suppose to trigger green lights with the sensor under the road. Would be nice if it works. I sat at a light for 5 minutes watching it blink don't walk then go back to walk since it didn't know I was waiting.
 
Ive been thinking about picking one up. They are only about 10$ so its not a huge loss if it doesnt work.

Its not reccomended, but if i sit more than 3-4 minutes i run the light. Im not going to sit at a light forever and wait for a car to come along and trip the signal for me. :? Just need to be really careful when doing it. i dont worry about the cops pulling me over, just cars coming along at tricky intersections.
 
I never had a problem with traffic lights in CT. Maybe they are tripped by weight here! :lol:
 
I've read conflicting reports. Some guys report great results, others say no change. Ya' pays yer money and ya' takes yer chances.
 
Ill bet that some local areas have diferent sensativity setting for those inder the road sensing wires. Mt cm200t is a tiny bike and I never have trouble with lights changing for me. One thing i always do is try and stop the bike over one wire and possibly on an angle wher it is over 2 of the wires in the loop.
Maybe florida doesnt burry the wires as deep????
 
The settings for the loop are supposed to be adjustable. And supposedly if you live in an area with a light that does not respond to your bike you can request the city/state adjust it. I've got a real meanie at the first major intersection from home. All the tricks, shutting of the engine and doing a restart, pushing the centerstand on the wire, stopping over the left wire, nothing works.
 
jimcor said:
The settings for the loop are supposed to be adjustable. And supposedly if you live in an area with a light that does not respond to your bike you can request the city/state adjust it. I've got a real meanie at the first major intersection from home. All the tricks, shutting of the engine and doing a restart, pushing the centerstand on the wire, stopping over the left wire, nothing works.
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Probably some sort of sabotage by Michael Howard 8O
 
jimcor said:
The settings for the loop are supposed to be adjustable. And supposedly if you live in an area with a light that does not respond to your bike you can request the city/state adjust it. I've got a real meanie at the first major intersection from home. All the tricks, shutting of the engine and doing a restart, pushing the centerstand on the wire, stopping over the left wire, nothing works.
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I just have my girlfriend hop off and push the "push to walk" button we have here. She usually gets back on before the light changes back to red. ;)
 
I have read somewhere (probably this site) you could use
the magnet from a car stero speaker.
 
The traffic light trigger magnets aren't any stronger than a regular ceramic magnet, you might be able to fashion your own with a radio-shack magnet. I notice that the magnets in my tankbag are really really REALLY strong. Hmmmm. If you can lay ahold of ALNICO magnets anywhwere they are really strong.

I had put a trigger on my 550 and thought it helped with a couple lights around me, then I put it on my 750 when I got it. The zip tie that holds it on broke so I took it off... didn't seem to make a difference so I never bothered putting it back on. I can't tell for sure but I do think it helped on the 550.
 
If you need a source for realy strong magnets open up an old harddrive and you should find 2. IF you get them against each other they are pretty hard to separate.
 
You may try this little trick taught to me by a deputy sheriff. It seems most lights have a sensor for emergency vehicles built into them. Just flash your bright lights a couple times as you approach those troublesome lights and it will 9 out of 10 times trip the light for you. I had one that was a particular pain in the (|) in my town and this trick works great. I am so glad as this particular light is right in front of the city police station.. :roll:, seemed much better than running the light which I had done previously.
 
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