LOL Reminds me of my ride today!

 

Definitely check you state law(s) on stop lights IRT motorcycle sensing. Also, if you do a Google search, there are a tone of after-market gadgets & gizmo's that potentially work to remedy this issue. I don't have one & can say I've had all of "one" time where I ended up running through a red because I was there for 5-min so it was the "double-take" & dump the clutch.

 

Tried all those ways you mentioned before with no luck.........Just touched the metal strip with my kick stand,put very little weight on it and the light went to yellow for the cross traffic......i will try it again when i get the chance.......if it works twice....i'm sold.

 

I've always found a steel side stand touching the magnetic sensor wire (or even close to touching) will trigger it.

 

What are these sensor things you speak of? I have to wait for the cows or combine to get out of the road before continuing my ride. .

 

+ on that

 

I don't know what they are either. Photo? Actually, I never have any problems with the lights around the Bay Area. My Sportster sometimes, the Fat Boy no problems...

 

Haven't had any problems with the lights in my area. I always make sure I allways stop over the cut outs where the wires are.

 

They just passed a law like this in IL as well, but it's only in towns with a population of less than 1 million, so you're not running red lights in downtown Chicago. And I believe the wording in the law here states a "Reasonable" amount of time.

I've done it for a long time but it's nice to know it's legal now!

 

The traffic light sensor is a field which consists of a wire embedded in the road, usually in the shape of a clipped corner rectangle. It (magnetically) detects ferrous metal above it. Cars and trucks have lots of steel which is detected when parked on top of the field. Motorcycles = less mass of steel than cars, enough less to be undetected on some sensor fields. Your steel "jiffy stand" lowered down on, or close to, the embedded wire should be enough for even the least sensitive sensors to recognize. If this doesn't trigger the light after another complete cycle, most states allow you to proceed through the non-functioning signal with caution.

More and more these magnetic sensors are replaced with photo sensors which are more reliable.