Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
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.
Yrs ago on a motorcycle I walked over to the walk button and pushed it. As I did a city engineer pulled up and asked me why. I told him the light wouldn't trigger for my bike. He insisted that all lights were on a timer. I just had to wait. I knew that light. He was fibbing.
Nowadays, I pull up to a light at 5ish and the don't walk sign starts blinking like it's going to change so I wait. When it's counted down and stops counting it goes back to "Walk" for the other direction and I don't get the light. I've tried to get to the button before it stops counting down but each time it ignores me and must start a timer before changing the light. If there's no traffic in any direction I go (most of the time). If there is anybody coming, going or waiting with me I walk my bike to the walk button. I'm not telling others what to do. It's what I do.