Originally Posted by
floatsinwater
Hey squirtdad I'm in the SJ area too!
Anyhow, I think the *bigger issue for me personally is how my bike won't trigger the green light no matter what I do. This was constantly a probably for me in Indiana on my motorcycle too. California roads are a little more sensitive, but I know for a fact that some roads will NOT trigger, no matter how many times I go back and forth on the sensor. I memorize every light that doesn't trigger and act as if it was a stop sign instead (if there's no traffic at all).
Is it legal? No... but I'm definitely not walking my bike to the sidewalk to push the pedestrian crossing button because the city put in pos sensors.
Does your city have a bicycle/pedestrian safety coordinator or traffic engineer that you can contact? If so, then contact them and report the malfunctioning light(s).
It seems as if more states are passing some sort of "dead red" law for just such an occurrence.