I had a chance to work with a gate opening loop and my bike this weekend so I got instant feedback what was working. One of the gates didn't open with the bike, but I layed the bike down over part of the loop and it worked. You can usually see where the loop is cause they cut the road and put them in most of the time. Of course you may look a little silly laying your bike in the road, but it onlyhas to be there a couple seconds to activate it. Or you could just plan on falling at every red light.