Originally Posted by
jputnam
Fortunately, in Washington State, that's no longer true -- they're required by law to adjust sensors to detect bicycles. If they want to avoid false positives from adjacent lanes, they need to upgrade their hardware. An extra signal cycle that isn't needed isn't nearly as dangerous as forcing cyclists to make a left turn across oncoming traffic.
I get what you are saying but I think you missed my point. All of the lights are set so that they don't detect trucks on the crossing street to avoid too many light changes with on-demand lights. I doubt that you would find a single light, even in Washington, that is set sensitive enough to detect a bicycle that isn't lined up along the long leg of the induction loop or, at least, very close to the long leg of the sensor. New equipment would be great... although replacing induction loops with motion sensors hasn't been all that helpful in my experience... but we are living in the Age of Sequestration
