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Posted on 08/28/2013 3:05:14 AM PDT by rellimpank
West Allis resident John Glass used to pull up to intersections on his motorcycle and sometimes find he was stuck.
Traffic lights remained red because they didn't sense his bike, and the longtime motorcycle enthusiast would have to take a roundabout route or wait for a car to come and trigger the sensors.
Today, Glass knows what to do: He simply runs the red lights.
With thousands of Harley riders descending on Milwaukee this week for Harley-Davidson's 110th anniversary celebration, you might see quite a few motorcyclists running red lights — and they have the right to do so, under certain circumstances.
A 2006 state statute says motorcyclists and bicyclists can go through red lights if they believe traffic signals aren't picking up their presence, if the intersection is free of cross traffic and if they've waited at least 45 seconds.
The problem, Glass said, is not a lot of people, including police officers, seem to know the law exists.
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Where it is being used, video detection equipment helps with the problem - it helps a lot, in my experience.
But there are still many localities that use the old magnetic detectors, and these are often not adjusted to sufficient sensitivity to detect a motorcycle.
In what way are motorcycles exempt from any laws?
Please, do tell...
Houston has this law, I think, for late nights when traffic congestion is low. Must stop first.
I could use the same law for my car. It is a compact, gets great gas mileage, and gets me to and from work reliably, etc etc. There are several intersections around town where the sensors are not quite sensitive enough to pick up my car.
I like those as well. There needs to be more of that, where appropriate.
I like those as well. There needs to be more of that, where appropriate.
It’s just like Lake Washington Blvd in Renton near the Seahawks training building. It has a 25 mph speed limit and lots of arbitrary stop signs. It is all there to discourage people from using it to bypass the nightmare that is I-405.
Harley Davidson: A machine that turns gasoline into noise without side effects like horsepower.
My Yamaha has the OE exhaust. It is so quiet I cannot hear the engine over the wind noise at interstate speed. I frequently hear noise machines half a mile behind me.
Good point. I have often wondered if motorcycles would sell if they were quiet as cars. I really, really doubt it.
In Missouri, we have “dead red” rules. If you sit through a cycle without it changing, you can run it when it is clear.
My interpretation of "running" a red light is failing to slow down or stop. In this case the biker is required to stop and may proceed if it is safe to do so. Big diff.
...or with a guy who has a gun.
In Colorado we can treat malfunctioning lights as stop signs. I lived a few years back in a suburb and the light never detected my motorcycle. After a single cycle of skipping my lane I waited for traffic to clear then left.
I can’t speak for everyone, but I have several motorcycles which are as quiet as cars, and I have some motorcycles that are not as quiet as cars.
I like them all...
...because they are motorcycles, NOT because they do or do not make noise.
Not all Harleys are loud. Mine isn't, because I want to be able to hear my tunes when I ride. Some believe that loud pipes are useful for alerting motorists to your presense. I'm 50/50 on that. I've seen it actually happen. You could actually see the cager startle when he heard the bike.
Personally, I prefer a quieter ride.
Bless you.
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I always ran red lights at night in:
Bogota
Barranquilla
Santa marta
Cali
Medellin
Tunja
Rio del Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Guat city
Kingston
Lima
Belo horizonte
Recife
Salvador
Asuncion
Tegulcigalpa
Lagos
Freetown SL
ANYWHERE SOUTH AFRICA
Port au Prince really has none you just drive away from sound of technicals to get up the hill
Old now....cannons are spiked dammit though down here we have some war zones
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