tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post2705345939261173280..comments2024-03-22T19:54:40.394-05:00Comments on Two Cities Two Wheels: GridlockMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627112052787992404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post-54398105851678957862008-05-15T12:59:00.000-05:002008-05-15T12:59:00.000-05:00At a lot of intersections I can see the cuts in th...At a lot of intersections I can see the cuts in the concrete where the loop is and trigger the light change. At this particular one, I couldn't see the loop outline at all. It must be particularly insensitive to miss my steel-framed bicycle and the motorcycle as well. I think of these types of situations as the "My Friend The Car" moments, when a car pulling up behind or next to me triggers the lights.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627112052787992404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post-54950270547753699282008-05-15T12:21:00.000-05:002008-05-15T12:21:00.000-05:00Brother yam,It is true that vehicles are not detec...Brother yam,<BR/><BR/>It is true that vehicles are not detected by weight, but MOSTLY by inductance loops.<BR/><BR/>On some of the newly rebuilt intersections on East Lake Street in Minneapolis the city is installing optical detectors instead. Those work better at detecting bicycles.Hōkanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486398797468680985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post-9454631566354883112008-05-15T08:07:00.000-05:002008-05-15T08:07:00.000-05:00Traffic control devices are triggered by inductanc...Traffic control devices are triggered by <A HREF="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question234.htm" REL="nofollow">inductance loops</A>, not weight. A bike or a motorcycle don't create enough of a magnetic field to register a change in current, so you sit. And sit. And sit, until you get spotted by Channel 5's crack news team.brother yamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680958644952778991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12774197.post-6815398301731846322008-05-14T15:20:00.000-05:002008-05-14T15:20:00.000-05:00Motorcycles have an "affirmative defense" for runn...Motorcycles have an "affirmative defense" for running a light that's not changing. Many folks feel that a judge would permit the same defense for a bicyclists.<BR/><BR/>https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getpub.php?pubtype=STAT_CHAP_SEC&year=2007§ion=169.06<BR/><BR/>169.06 Subdivision 9Hōkanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486398797468680985noreply@blogger.com