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.
OT but California law is calling for lights to be bike detectable as new roads are built/upgraded. City of san jose is experimenting with different technologies for doing so.
I have had moderate success with putting my steel frame right over the sensor wires.......but if the road is resurfaced and I can't see the wires (where they dimond sawed, put wires in and sealed) it it a lot less successful