Originally Posted by
locolobo13
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.
If the city's engineers are sticking to their "all lights are on timers" story and you're obviously are still having a problem with lights not "seeing" you. I would suggest getting a friend to meet you at one or more of these intersections at various times of the day and videoing your being "stuck" as it were at a light for an extended period of time.
And then contacting the city engineers office and letting them know that if the problem isn't addressed that you'll be sending a copy of the video to all of your local news outlets.
That might put a "burr under their saddle" and get some action.