Pull up!

Amorok · 07-06-2013, 12:30 PM

I haven't been active for a while so I don't now if this is a repost, but I figured I'd as. Does anyone know why people aren't pulling up to red lights anymore? I like that I'm not getting tailgated but with a car too far back the light doesn't change. I'll pull up to a light and there will be a car two full car lengths back from the light, and the damn thing NEVER changes. Is there an explanation for this? Did I miss a meeting or something? When I pull around them and up to the line they get all pissed. What's the deal?

Kaneman · 07-06-2013, 01:39 PM

Man I thought this thread was going to be about pull-ups!

azoomm · 07-06-2013, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

Man I thought this thread was going to be about pull-ups!

Me too

Here, tailgaters are out in force. So much so, at lights they inch so closely I am repeatedly shocked they don't hit people.

derf · 07-06-2013, 04:18 PM

I try not to pull all the way up to lights because I have had issues in the past with cars and trucks nearly hitting me. But its not 2 car lengths, more like a half a car length, it also gives me a little extra buffer when a light changes to not get hit by a late-light runner.

Particle Man · 07-06-2013, 05:05 PM

I have only had that issue when said idiot is in front of me. They sit there scratching their heads wondering why the damn light doesn't change.

goof2 · 07-06-2013, 06:38 PM

Along similar lines what the hell is it with people and the left turn arrow? More and more people seem to follow some kind of 6+ second spacing rule for the car in front of them. Of course this leaves a gap which the sensors for the light interprets as no more cars turning left. The dipshit who leaves the gap gets through on the yellow while everyone else behind them is screwed. I'd be willing to bet that clown drives around thinking they are the luckiest person in the world, they are the last car through every left turn light!

Amorok · 07-07-2013, 05:23 PM

That's exactly what I'm talking about. One asshole sets the light but no one else can go. It's ridiculous, and I don't now where it came from. A few times I've had to motion people forward when I'm in front because my bike won't trip the sensor. It burns me up because when we're moving I get tailgated like nobody's business, but when I actually need them close they won't do it.

'73 H1 Triple · 07-07-2013, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Amorok

That's exactly what I'm talking about. One asshole sets the light but no one else can go. It's ridiculous, and I don't now where it came from. A few times I've had to motion people forward when I'm in front because my bike won't trip the sensor. It burns me up because when we're moving I get tailgated like nobody's business, but when I actually need them close they won't do it.

They don't pull close so they have room to escape if they're car jacked. ( unless you're in a big city/bad part of town, really? )

Last year in town, I was a couple vehicles back and the light wouldn't go green for us. Left turn got green light, opposing traffic got green and cross traffic.

After a couple cycles of sitting there, I got out of the suburban, walked up to the senior citizen ( more up towards the windshield than sidewindow) and said in a loud firm voice, You need to move up to trip the light so we can all get going.

She moved front and to everyone disbelief, the light actualy changed. ( I got a thumbs up from a few people when I walked back to the suburban

)

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A light on my way to and from work didn't use to trip with my cycle. ( they since adjusted it ) I even purchased a magnet and added a couple more. I would pull up past the white line in what was usually a failed attempt to get a car to trip the light.

Sixxxxer · 07-07-2013, 10:00 PM

Heard magnets dont do shit to trip lights...But thats been a long debate

'73 H1 Triple · 07-07-2013, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Heard magnets dont do shit to trip lights...But thats been a long debate

I put one "guaranteed to work" magnet I bought off ebay plus two 1/2" diameter by 3" long cow magnets on the center stand of my steel framed motorcycle and it still wouldn't trip the light.

My personal experience says don't waste your time or money with them.

07-06-2013, 12:30 PM	#1
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	Pull up! I haven't been active for a while so I don't now if this is a repost, but I figured I'd as. Does anyone know why people aren't pulling up to red lights anymore? I like that I'm not getting tailgated but with a car too far back the light doesn't change. I'll pull up to a light and there will be a car two full car lengths back from the light, and the damn thing NEVER changes. Is there an explanation for this? Did I miss a meeting or something? When I pull around them and up to the line they get all pissed. What's the deal? __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

07-06-2013, 01:39 PM	#2
Kaneman AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Odessa, TX Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird Posts: 4,931	Man I thought this thread was going to be about pull-ups! __________________ 1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird

07-06-2013, 04:18 PM	#4
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	I try not to pull all the way up to lights because I have had issues in the past with cars and trucks nearly hitting me. But its not 2 car lengths, more like a half a car length, it also gives me a little extra buffer when a light changes to not get hit by a late-light runner. __________________

07-06-2013, 05:05 PM	#5
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	I have only had that issue when said idiot is in front of me. They sit there scratching their heads wondering why the damn light doesn't change. __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

07-07-2013, 05:23 PM	#7
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	That's exactly what I'm talking about. One asshole sets the light but no one else can go. It's ridiculous, and I don't now where it came from. A few times I've had to motion people forward when I'm in front because my bike won't trip the sensor. It burns me up because when we're moving I get tailgated like nobody's business, but when I actually need them close they won't do it. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

07-06-2013, 06:38 PM	#6
goof2 AMA Supersport Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,756	Along similar lines what the hell is it with people and the left turn arrow? More and more people seem to follow some kind of 6+ second spacing rule for the car in front of them. Of course this leaves a gap which the sensors for the light interprets as no more cars turning left. The dipshit who leaves the gap gets through on the yellow while everyone else behind them is screwed. I'd be willing to bet that clown drives around thinking they are the luckiest person in the world, they are the last car through every left turn light!

07-07-2013, 10:00 PM	#9
Sixxxxer Like Gixxxxer But Not Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dirty Jersey Moto: 2008 ZX6R Posts: 4,891	Heard magnets dont do shit to trip lights...But thats been a long debate __________________ [FRSH] Candy Plasma Blue Last edited by Sixxxxer; 07-07-2013 at 10:03 PM..