Motorcycles in Illinois can now run red lights after 2 minutes

[ElMonoDelMar]

I can say for a fact that not all lights in downstate IL change after 5 min.

In Japan the sensors are above ground normally so some bikers will usually put the kickstand down and then walk over to the pedestrian button and push it in order to make the light change.

This is what I have done in the past. Although usually I just run the red light after sitting for a few min.

 

[dmcowen674]

I can say for a fact that not all lights in downstate IL change after 5 min.

Originally Posted by SwiftWind
In Japan the sensors are above ground normally so some bikers will usually put the kickstand down and then walk over to the pedestrian button and push it in order to make the light change.

This is what I have done in the past. Although usually I just run the red light after sitting for a few min.

But the car sitting there still has to sit there and that is not right.

Thank you for confirming the lousy lights in this state.

They are just as bad upstate. I've sat at many lights that are also beyond 5 minutes but as you can see you have the usual cast of P&N idiot characters that don't even believe 5 minutes.

 

[waggy]

But the car sitting there still has to sit there and that is not right.

Thank you for confirming the lousy lights in this state.

They are just as bad upstate. I've sat at many lights that are also beyond 5 minutes but as you can see you have the usual cast of P&N idiot characters that don't even believe 5 minutes.

the part you are not understanding is the sensor is triggered by a car. so it changes faster (or even at all).

with motorcycle it won't register there is a vehicle there so it can take 3-6 minutes with NO TRAFFIC.

the idea is in that situation the bike to go through. As it is now i know NO biker that sites and wait's they just blow it.

believe it or not sitting at a red light is not safe on a bike. Less safe then doing what most do.

 

[DominionSeraph]

They are just as bad upstate. I've sat at many lights that are also beyond 5 minutes but as you can see you have the usual cast of P&N idiot characters that don't even believe 5 minutes.

I do believe he's talking about for motorcycles. As in you can wait there for 5 minutes and they won't change because the damned thing isn't picking up your bike.

I was stationed in Great Lakes for over a year and I never saw a single light anywhere near 5 minutes. People are impatient when they're stopped in their cars which makes time feel longer -- 45 seconds can feel like an eternity when you just want to get going again.

Open up your computer clock and stare at the damned thing for 5 whole minutes, and you should realize that no fucking stop light is anywhere near that long.
Your sense of time != actual time.

 

[CallMeJoe]

I think Dave's suffering a dietary deficiency - can somebody buy the poor guy a vinegar?

 

[DominionSeraph]

1) Affix ginormous ceramic magnet or small neodymium magnet to bottom of motorcycle.
2) Magnetic signature achieved.


*Note - I'd expect that this should work

No, I don't believe a magnet will change the inductance of the circuit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_loop

 

[WackyDan]

They sell Ferrous metal blocks you can mount to the underside of a bike to help trigger lights.

Guess what? Real world testing shows they don't help at all.

I now ride a Spyder... Nice and wide foot print, nearly 1000 pounds when I'm loaded with luggage and my fat ass.... and the Spyder doesn't trip the lights either.

This is a great law... but honestly... Wasn't needed. We were doing it anyway, and most cops are reasonable about it.

 

[cybrsage]

Cars can do it too, after a long period of time you are allowed to assume the light sensor is broken and drive through it, provided the path is clear.

 

[DucatiMonster696]

The OP is an idiot and has never ridden a motorcycle (or been stuck at a light that wont change over because he is riding a motorcycle) but this is apparent via his post.

 

[Doppel]

I've sat at many lights that are also beyond 5 minutes but as you can see you have the usual cast of P&N idiot characters that don't even believe 5 minutes.

Mcowned, you've never sat at a properly functioning light for 5 minutes. None have timers that long. Maybe it seems that long because your life is so damned awful every minute is an agonizing eternity, but in real-person time 5 minute lights aren't reality.

 

[piasabird]

So do I have have a stopwatch with me, or do I just count to ten and hope for the best?

This is my interpretation of the law!

If you get to a stoplight in the middle of the night and no one else is around just consider it a stop sign. This is what will happen! Typically it is at night often when this happens.

Just reprogram these lights. Cant fix stupid.

But officer, I had the green . . . and then Blamo!

 

[shiner]

The OP is an idiot and has never ridden a motorcycle

The first part of your statement is correct, but I'm not so sure about the second part....

 

[shiner]

Most things are beyond your little brain comprehension mcowned. If you realized that motorcycles often don't trip the sensor, but cars do, maybe you could piece the rest of it together.

Of course, there are no lights that require a person to sit there for 5 minutes with non sensored lights. That's total nonsense, you have an infatuation with the number 5.

Well his favorite song is "Five, Five dollar, five dollar foot longs......"

 

[dmcowen674]

The OP is an idiot and has never ridden a motorcycle (or been stuck at a light that wont change over because he is riding a motorcycle) but this is apparent via his post.

You would be wrong as usual.

I have a valid motorcycle license since 2000.

 

[Doppel]

You would be wrong as usual.

I have a valid motorcycle license since 2000.

Yet another claim I assume is a fabrication.

 

[imagoon]

Good adjustment IMHO. I was already doing this around the area as is because the lights don't switch unless they detect a vehicle. Example being Shoe Factory road crossing 59 and Bartlett road. You can sit there for eternity on a motorcycle. Another personal annoyance is the stupid red left turn arrows that won't turn green if they don't detect a vehicle.

 

[Genx87]

CARS CAN'T DRIVE FOR FIVE. (minutes)

 

[Keeper]

You get unreasonably angry about the weirdest shit.

Time to kick back and try to enjoy life.

Here here..

OP needs a bran muffin.

 

[Howard]

CARS CAN'T DRIVE FOR FIVE. (minutes)

i don't get it

 

[dmcowen674]

Good adjustment IMHO. I was already doing this around the area as is because the lights don't switch unless they detect a vehicle. Example being Shoe Factory road crossing 59 and Bartlett road. You can sit there for eternity on a motorcycle. Another personal annoyance is the stupid red left turn arrows that won't turn green if they don't detect a vehicle.

That's where I moved to in September (next rd down Beverly), the lights don't change for cars either.

I'm sure we will pull up to the lights and you will be able to go while I sit there in the car.

 

[imagoon]

That's where I moved to in September (next rd down Beverly), the lights don't change for cars either.

I'm sure we will pull up to the lights and you will be able to go while I sit there in the car.

Give me your cell, I call you at 3am to come out and change the light for me then. I have run those lights after 5 minutes several times in the early AM.

 

[Saint Nick]

This is yet another infuriating Revolution tipping point.

Say what? I wouldn't call this a Revolution-causing action...

 

[Saint Nick]

Btw, I run almost all red lights provided the path is clear.

 

[BurnItDwn]

59 is not bad once you get north clear of barrington .... that said ... it sucks pretty much everywhere south of there, at least as far as Streamwood ..... I don't usually venture south of Lake County these days ... but, waiting at red lights does really really suck.

 

[dmcowen674]

59 is not bad once you get north clear of barrington .... that said ... it sucks pretty much everywhere south of there, at least as far as Streamwood ..... I don't usually venture south of Lake County these days ... but, waiting at red lights does really really suck.

True, it runs up to Fox lake pretty well.

Between Warrenville and Barlett it is worse than Jericho Turnpike was on Long Island until they synchronized the lights there.

They may as well close it down for north and southbound and only leave the intersections open for east west roads.