That doesn't work - its a common misconception

The lights have movement sensors on them, not light sensors. There are also loops cut into the road surface that detect vehicle movement and speed, and these can extend green phases or speed up signal sequence cycle times.

Posted By: caley canary on February 17th 2017 at 09:17:59

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FAO pants, re your red light frustration off of yesterday. (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Feb 17, 02:51:14
- Flash your lights. A lot of traffic lights have sensors that pick up headlights in dark (General Chat) - megson, Feb 17, 08:45:53
  - That doesn't work - its a common misconception (General Chat) - caley canary, Feb 17, 09:17:59
    - What about tempory lights? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Feb 17, 10:50:21
    - Ooh that sounds cool, so its the movement that triggers more than the lights? (General Chat) - megson, Feb 17, 09:22:20
      - yes (General Chat) - caley canary, Feb 17, 09:49:01
      - if you have kids, getting them to blow at the lights also works (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 17, 09:28:13
        
        Ha! I'm going to try that! (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Feb 17, 11:17:18
        
        for extra Dad points: (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 17, 11:27:22
        
        Genius. *get your stuff kids, we're going for a drive* (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Feb 17, 14:13:29
        
        Nice! (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Feb 17, 10:35:05
        
        Ha! (n/m) (General Chat) - caley canary, Feb 17, 09:45:55
  - That doesn't work on the set that I go through. (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Feb 17, 08:52:53
    - Aye its not all, its not even many I don't think. Nice when it does work though. (General Chat) - megson, Feb 17, 09:09:31
      - Yeah sadly common sense, especially when it comes to driving, is lacking these days. (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Feb 17, 09:12:31
- When I used to live up in Stoke, the end of the road was a 4 way junction (General Chat) - Karnivore, Feb 17, 08:22:11
- Always thought there should be the flashing red system (General Chat) - camcan, Feb 17, 06:53:13
  - Flashing amber at smaller junctions in Germany at night. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 17, 08:04:14
    - I know her. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Feb 17, 09:17:06
  - The right turn on red works better for their grid based road ststem (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Feb 17, 07:58:42
    - *system - could be used on some of our junctions though (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Feb 17, 07:59:47

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