Shelly Howard

From : roy

Q: that is my thinking on the subject tom. the fact that there is such a clear demarcation point for the start of all the troubles really does point the finger back at something i did. its unfortunate but im thinking you pinched a bundle of wires behind the dash somewhere. .

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From : fmb

that is especially frustrating on the motorcycle since most the time i dont have enough steel to trip the lights... i will see the smart lights cycle though a few times skipping me since it doesnt see anyone in that lane. yeah i bicycle commute so the problem can be even more pronounced. they say you can try leaning the bike over a bit to help the light recognize youre there. more detectable magnetic field no matter never seems to work. and not effective if the bicycle is aluminum or on a motorcycle that you can only lean over so far. maybe a motorcycle lying on its side might trip the light. probably best not to try! usually you can see where they have cut the ground to put the loops in. passing right over the middle does nothing. i try to hit just inside the side of the loop at a reasonable speed. that seems to trip most of them.. however. i think the signal polls the loops. so if i pull up on a yellow i know i trip the signal but by the time its cycled though the other directions its almost like it forgot i was there... i just roll the bike back a little and then move forward real quick and it trips it again and it turns green. there are some though where a 4 think steel plate wont trip them! as for bicycles i have the same problem. my old canondale is all aluminum and my new litespeed is all ti. my friend has a carbon colnago c40 and seems to be able to trip them some how. this summer i plan on cycle commuting save gas and get some miles in for the race in october. .