I would call this law assenine, but that would be doing it a favor. ::)

If the problem is that the motorcycles don't trigger the traffic light sensors, then fix the sensors so that they do!  Its not rocket science!


------------------------------------------------------------


2003-06-07
The Associated Press

KNOXVILLE -- Beginning July 1, Tennessee motorcyclists can legally run red lights -- if they stop first and ``exercise due care'' -- under a bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Bredesen.

Motorcyclists had complained they were forced to wait excessive periods of time at stop lights because sensors that control the lights did not recognize motorcycles, which are now made mostly of aluminum and fiberglass, not metal.

For Nashville area resident and motorcyclist Steve Lundwall, the law can't begin too soon.

"Sometimes, I put down the kickstand and just wait (at a stoplight),'' said Lundwall, a business analyst in Nashville and state director of Concerned Motorcyclists of Tennessee...

For full story, click the link below:

http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/133782

Hee hee

I know this wasn't the point of your story 80sR, but I gotta say....

Motorcyclists have been running red lights for years here  :o

Sorry, couldn't help myself  :-[ ;)

Cool  ;D
I've spent no end of time waiting at junctions where the sensor didn't detect a bike.

I have to agree with the suggestion that they should just fix the sensors  though ::)

PS Just been thinking about the "fix the sensors" concept: wire loop sensors require iron (or some ferrous alloy) moving above them to induce a current; there's sod all iron left in todays sports bikes (excluding Harleys, of course) - I reckon you'd be talking about a complete redesign of the sensors as wire loop technology ain't ever going to work.  Maybe radar sensors (we've got one on the exit to the car park barrier, and it seems to be happy with cars, bikes, people, dogs, in fact anything which moves towards it)

Phil