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« on: December 03, 2010, 01:06:56 AM »
noticed late night, some of these red lights don't change unless a car is around... I waited a good 3-4 light cycles before i realized the red wasn't going away (maybe some sensor?). Anyone got any neat tricks to get around this?
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2010, 04:01:52 AM »
Put your kickstand down on any one of those circles you see in the middle of the lane. The metal will activate the sensor.
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2010, 07:03:23 AM »
just remember to shift into neutral if you're going to do that!

the sensors are magnetically activated....I've had some friends tape really strong magnets to their shoes and just touch the circle.
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2010, 11:03:22 AM »
Quote from: wuzertheloser on December 03, 2010, 07:03:23 AM
just remember to shift into neutral if you're going to do that!

the sensors are magnetically activated....I've had some friends tape really strong magnets to their shoes and just touch the circle.

hehe my bike doesn't need to be in neutral! Cheesy

or if you can be ghetto like me and get off your bike and hit those pedestrian crossing buttons =P
i've tried the kickstand trick, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't =\
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2010, 12:31:44 PM »
Quote from: HKchucksta on December 03, 2010, 11:03:22 AM
or if you can be ghetto like me and get off your bike and hit those pedestrian crossing buttons

Thats what I do to.

The problem with that is if youre turning left. Doesnt really change for you. You can either do that, the kickstand thing or 2 other options are to turn right and flip around and then turn right again (if you were going to go straight. The other being to just run the light, but remember this one is illegal. You get caught, youre gonna get cited for it.
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2010, 06:07:25 PM »
Quote from: -Op- on December 03, 2010, 12:31:44 PM
The other being to just run the light, but remember this one is illegal. You get caught, youre gonna get cited for it.

no cop, NO STOP!
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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2010, 12:01:59 AM »
lol thanks for all the tips guys
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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2010, 07:11:56 PM »
woah i didnt even know the sensors were magnetically activated, always thought they were weight sensors.

been running the lights, but ill try the kickstand trick for sure next time.

sorry, this is kinda fun im going hyper on the forums haha
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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2010, 11:35:00 PM »
haha go nuts dude! youll get a lot of responses that way lol
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2010, 10:55:39 AM »
haha totally random, but some lights at major intersections have a detector for blue and red flashing lights.
So an emergency personal with their flashing lights on, can activate the traffic light.
Whats funny is that taxi drivers have abused it and placed an emitting diode on their taxi's. To prevent being caught using illegal lighting, they have used a tape to block the visible light, but the detector can still sense the UV or IR (I forgot which).
But, yeah I know that the company got smarter and now requires something else besides just lightwaves.

Who knows maybe just gotta shine a laser pointer at the detector? Tongue that be sick
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2010, 05:30:06 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyWithNoH on December 08, 2010, 10:55:39 AM
haha totally random, but some lights at major intersections have a detector for blue and red flashing lights.
So an emergency personal with their flashing lights on, can activate the traffic light.
Whats funny is that taxi drivers have abused it and placed an emitting diode on their taxi's. To prevent being caught using illegal lighting, they have used a tape to block the visible light, but the detector can still sense the UV or IR (I forgot which).
But, yeah I know that the company got smarter and now requires something else besides just lightwaves.

Who knows maybe just gotta shine a laser pointer at the detector? Tongue that be sick

That's freaking awesome! I mean illegal, but awesome haha.
I've heard the highbeam legends, but I honestly think that's just people overthinking it..
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« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2010, 07:43:03 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyWithNoH on December 08, 2010, 10:55:39 AM
haha totally random, but some lights at major intersections have a detector for blue and red flashing lights.
So an emergency personal with their flashing lights on, can activate the traffic light.
Whats funny is that taxi drivers have abused it and placed an emitting diode on their taxi's. To prevent being caught using illegal lighting, they have used a tape to block the visible light, but the detector can still sense the UV or IR (I forgot which).
But, yeah I know that the company got smarter and now requires something else besides just lightwaves.

Who knows maybe just gotta shine a laser pointer at the detector? Tongue that be sick

hahaha, getting to campus would be even quicker!
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« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2010, 11:35:50 PM »
Seriously.. since traffic is of no concern.. if we can make the lights to be green for us all the time.. no need for stops until we actually hit campus and its 500+ stop signs
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« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2010, 11:49:14 PM »
i want one. i hate lights on genesee on lj village. they take forever. piece of crap!! i want one.

jonny, both. IR is red beyond our vision and UV is blue beyond our vision. (infra-red, ultra-violet)
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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2010, 08:46:05 AM »
Quote from: -Op- on December 08, 2010, 11:49:14 PM
i want one. i hate lights on genesee on lj village. they take forever. piece of crap!! i want one.

jonny, both. IR is red beyond our vision and UV is blue beyond our vision. (infra-red, ultra-violet)

Yeah, but I didn't know which one the flashing light creates in its spectrum, could be IR/Visible, or UV/Visible. I just knew it could detect a wavelength beyond our vision, so cops won't see the flashing lights and pull you over. O.o totally ucsd geeked out haha
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