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Last Post 05/20/2014 11:34 PM by Orange Crush. 20 Replies.

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05/19/2014 08:44 PM
Been seeing more and more intersections in Huntington Beach with a miniature figure 8 type loop in the bike lane behind the limit line with a Bike symbol painted on top of it. Beats leaning over at a pole to push a bike button especially when Im on our tandem and not as flexible with weight shifts.

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05/19/2014 11:37 PM
The push buttons are a nice thought but when I need to go left do I really need to go to right side of road first to engage them and then have to make my way to left side to make turn from proper starting point? Its just asking for trouble; those buttons only work for going straight. Properly calibrated loops are the way to go; or smart cameras as seems to be the future.

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05/20/2014 03:01 PM
The induction loops work exactly like a stud detector. If it does not work then there is a failure in the loop/wiring. Or maybe they covered it with too much asphalt in a repaving or...maybe you just aren't studly enough!

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05/20/2014 03:06 PM
Around here most traffic lights have video sensors now. At night it's great- my bike light trips it easily. sometimes too easily - ie, from too far away. With their normal 7 second cycle it will turn yellow before I can even get to it. In daylight with no cars around I can weave in the car lane a hundred feet or so before the intersection and get it to recognize me as a vehicle. One town is experimenting with newer tech- microwave sensors that they say can detect size- ie, they can detect that it is a bicycle coming and adjust the signal cycle accordingly. so far I don't think I've encountered anything like that.

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05/20/2014 08:35 PM
microwave - like the oven! I can feel the heat already.

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05/20/2014 11:34 PM
That video camera and microwave stuff sounds pretty cool but it is not good news for Keith. Add some face recognition technology and he'll get a ticket in mail each time he rolls through a red at midnight. (We all know what happens if you microwave steel; but what about carbon?)