Originally Posted by
Pscyclepath
In far too many cases the detectors aren't tuned to be sensitive enough to pick up a bicycle, or even motorcycles. And in some places like here in Little Rock, they're placed way back from the light so that they only work when traffic is backed up 4 to 6 car lengths...
I've noticed that at some lights the inductive loop detector works fine, but at others, getting your front wheel over the metal does not work at all. Most of the coils in my area are hexagonal... often there are a series of these... and I simply aim to cross the forward-most side with my wheel.