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Tripping stop light sensors
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:52 pm
by jbarb
Alright, out with it. What are your tricks and tips for making the stop lights change for you? I was at the bike shop today and saw a little magnetic device that you put on you motorcycle to make the sensors see you. Would this work with just a regular magnet under the scooter? Is it some mystical device or just a 20 dollar magnet?
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:12 am
by hrnytrtlsgsxr
i dunno i usually run over the part that goes long way the way i am facing and keep rocking the ped forward and back at the same spot. Or I get off the ped and press the walk button.
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:20 am
by noiseguy
It's just a $20 piece of steel or a magnet... what a racket.
Bicycles had the same problem, I'm surprized that scooters do. Best thing to do would probably be to put a chunk of steel in/on your riding shoes. The closer the steel is to the ground the better it works if it's smaller.
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:31 am
by myhonda
usualy i wait for it to change on its own or let a car get in front of me to make it change if no one is around i just go
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:15 pm
by MySpree
never had the prob, alto once i was with mat adn he just ran the red ligh... he stopped for liek 10 secs.. the said sccrew it and ran it... i didt kno that to do! so i followed him...
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:30 pm
by Sparrow
I just live in a small hic town and don't have to deal with them very often. Stop signs rule.
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:23 am
by 85spreeelite
www.themirt.com Id check this out if you are REALLY serious.
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:50 pm
by noiseguy
85spreeelite wrote:www.themirt.com Id check this out if you are REALLY serious.
Ouch, $300 for an infared strobe light?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:56 pm
by 85spreeelite
Yea,:( that is kinda high. But I know for a fact they work because my friends rich daddy has 2. The changing is instant and smooth, not choppy as many claimed. I keep looking for one cheaper but nothing so far.
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:06 pm
by noiseguy
You can buy/build an adjustable strobe flasher for about $20, 7 hz (7 times a second) is what they used to be set to. If a cop sees you with a visual flasher (white light) though, you can get an impersonating an officer ticket. You'd need to find a source for these IR-frequency bulbs, and convert one of the visual flashers.
If you find the parts, let me know, I'd be interested.
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:56 pm
by MySpree
ang! thats alot !
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:33 pm
by 85spreeelite
I got $10 in on 1
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:26 pm
by MySpree
what?
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:10 am
by burnt_toast
wait for a car, or turn right and find a slighly alternate route, try to flash your highbeams, and lastly if no-one's around.. run it.
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:22 am
by 85spreeelite
After 11pm ppl just run traffic lights in detroit.