I've recently noticed that a lot of times when I'm waiting at a light on my Sportster (usually at the exit ramp of the interstate) the light seems to be triggered by weight and the bike isn't heavy enough to trigger the light.

I end up sitting there forever until a car gets behind me, at which point the light changes immediately.

Anyone else experience this? Is there a specific area on the road where the pressure sensor is located at?

 

Search feature is your friend.

That being said, check with your local law enforcement to find out if you're allowed to run red after reasonable wait....

 

get a really powerful magnet and stick it to your frame. when pullng up to a light look for rubber lines in the asphalt and try to aim your magnet over those.

in SC you can turn left on red if you're on a bike.

 

Cool....looks like NC is a go for red as well...although there is a 3 minute wait

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions...L/S1359v6.html

 

I have the same problem, I actually have let people in front of me and then moved in behind them, or if it's earley in the morning or later in the evening, I look around and then run the light, very discreetly that is.

 

The light is triggered by iron, not weight. Sometimes a large magnet, as was mentioned, will help. In TN a motorcycle can run the light "after a resonable amount of time."

 

In WA you can "run it" if you wait through two cycles of the light. Also, not all are by iron, some are by weight. I always put myself in either tire rut made by cars and trucks. That usually helps.

 

HB752 (Virginia), which would have allowed "left on red", was killed earlier this year. Maybe next year. Increasingly though, it appears that a lot of red light equipped intersections now employ some kind of optical trigger.

 

brother, no offense to you... i can't believe the laws ya'll have to endure in VA. i wonder if the populace even cares what politicians do?

 

Where would you buy a big enough magnet for this? I have sat at a light near the Com college for what seems like forever until a car pulled up behind me. The magnet idea seems like a good idea.

FYI Tickets here stay on your license for 5 yrs unlike many other states.