VA is one. Had a riding buddy make a call on a light by his house. Tech met him at the light on his 1200 and adjusted it.

 

I tried the earth magnets and they dont work..
I will sit one light change,,, then go..

 

I try to get as much metal over the sensors as possible - if you pull up in the middle of the lane with no metal over the lines in the road, the light won't work.

 

Ya'll that are saying you sit throught one or two light changes, if it ain't changin how do you sit through a change?????

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SC has the two minute rule......they are indeed Hall Effect (magnetic) sensors and bikes don't trigger them very well....I wait the two minutes...then go when it's safe...

 

I put a 30 pound (strength not the weight) permanent magnet that I got from Harbor Freight (P/N 67156) on the frame of the bike just between the engine and the transmission in front of the front shock mounts. (It's a softail) I cut the cheesy little handle off the magnet; but the local stop light that never would change before, now seems to react like I just pulled up in a Peterbuilt . . . most excellent!

 

Well, when I was working in Los Angeles, there was one signal on the corner where I worked that I had to run frequently.

I tend to get annoyed waiting for more than one change before going. I just look over my shoulder for the black and whites and proceed if none are in view.

I do like that Wisconsin view on the subject. 45 seconds seems reasonable to me.

 

It never works for my bike. 2nite coming home the same light on a freeway exit failed to see things my way. Maybe 20% of the time I have to 'bust it', (legal here in Minnesota), sometimes it doesn't see cars either. I'm ready to have a nice friendly chat with LEO about our dilema when it happens. The kickstand trick hasn't worked for me at other lights too.

 

Here in Washington state, if the light has cycled twice you can proceed if safe.

 

I do road const for a living, the traffic loops are usually installed in the center of the lane, there are almost always two usually three, with the smaller mass try going over the loops a little slower and in the center of the lane.If the road has been overlaid and the loops not raised the sensitivty of the loop is diminished then were SOL.