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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The light coming out of my neighborhood has a sensor that sometimes just. doesn't. work.

I pull up to the line. Wait. Back up 20 feet and drive back over the sensor. Wait some more. After a couple minutes I do a right on red, go up a block and make a u-turn. I've called 311 a couple times but nothing ever changes.

My neighbor drives the same car (old Honda Fit) and has the same problem. I heard (urban legend?) that some motorcyclists have a large magnet on the bottom of their bikes to help trigger lights. Maybe I need to do that.[/quote]

That is not an urban legend, but won't help you.  the reason that some motorcyclists use these (their efficacy is debatable) is that motorcycles do not have enough metal to trigger the induction circuit at the light.  This is also the reason that motorcycles may turn left on red if there is no traffic and the light doesn't cycle in 2 minutes.  Yes, that is a specific law in most states

If this is happening to you, pull up farther toward the line.  You are not in the magnetic field and are not triggering the induction circuit.[/quote]

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