Re: jeeps with big tires
 

"Troy" <@ .> wrote in message
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> Ah didn't know that, I thought they were some sort of pressure sensor.
> Well a magnet on a stick its gonna be! I have aluminum rims :(


The magnets removed from old hard-drives are about the strongest you will
find. You can probably just stick one under the front diff, but you may
want to shave it's beard every few months.
--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:32:32 -0700 in <4od0p1Fe5kkmU1@individual.net>,
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> graced the world with this thought:

>You should call the county or state(who ever owns the light) when you find a
>bad one. Then, notonlyu does it get fixed, but you can get a report to take
>to court to back up your word.
>
I would these days, this was back when I was younger... of course, the
fact that about 1000 people a day drove through this sucker, you'd
think <someone> would've. It was like that for about two months... and
I have no doubt that the cop used it for his personal ticket pad
filler. I wonder if anyone at the PD ever takes a look and considers
the conditions that a cop writes tickets under--I mean, like, if this
guy is turning in ten tickets a night for people running this light,
I'd say it looks like he's shirking his responsibility of seeing that
this safety hazard gets taken care of, for his personal advantage.
Trust me when I say, before <I> run a red light, I thoroughly pan the
entire area for cops parked anywhere before I do it. This guy was
solidly hiding someplace, given that he just dropped out of nowhere.
Ergo, he knew goddamn well that light was broken.
Yes, I'd have handled it much differently these days.

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:32:32 -0700 in <4od0p1Fe5kkmU1@individual.net>,
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> graced the world with this thought:

>You should call the county or state(who ever owns the light) when you find a
>bad one. Then, notonlyu does it get fixed, but you can get a report to take
>to court to back up your word.
>
I would these days, this was back when I was younger... of course, the
fact that about 1000 people a day drove through this sucker, you'd
think <someone> would've. It was like that for about two months... and
I have no doubt that the cop used it for his personal ticket pad
filler. I wonder if anyone at the PD ever takes a look and considers
the conditions that a cop writes tickets under--I mean, like, if this
guy is turning in ten tickets a night for people running this light,
I'd say it looks like he's shirking his responsibility of seeing that
this safety hazard gets taken care of, for his personal advantage.
Trust me when I say, before <I> run a red light, I thoroughly pan the
entire area for cops parked anywhere before I do it. This guy was
solidly hiding someplace, given that he just dropped out of nowhere.
Ergo, he knew goddamn well that light was broken.
Yes, I'd have handled it much differently these days.

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:32:32 -0700 in <4od0p1Fe5kkmU1@individual.net>,
"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> graced the world with this thought:

>You should call the county or state(who ever owns the light) when you find a
>bad one. Then, notonlyu does it get fixed, but you can get a report to take
>to court to back up your word.
>
I would these days, this was back when I was younger... of course, the
fact that about 1000 people a day drove through this sucker, you'd
think <someone> would've. It was like that for about two months... and
I have no doubt that the cop used it for his personal ticket pad
filler. I wonder if anyone at the PD ever takes a look and considers
the conditions that a cop writes tickets under--I mean, like, if this
guy is turning in ten tickets a night for people running this light,
I'd say it looks like he's shirking his responsibility of seeing that
this safety hazard gets taken care of, for his personal advantage.
Trust me when I say, before <I> run a red light, I thoroughly pan the
entire area for cops parked anywhere before I do it. This guy was
solidly hiding someplace, given that he just dropped out of nowhere.
Ergo, he knew goddamn well that light was broken.
Yes, I'd have handled it much differently these days.

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

Don't they put steel belts in steel belted radials anymore? Seems that
would be enough metal.

On bikes, you can sometimes just lean it a bit or swing the kickstand
down over the line.

[fun story]
I ended up stuck at a light on my '74 Z1 900 late one night at five
points in downtown HB. Sat there for a minute with no other traffic in
sight except for a single headlight coming up behind.
A motorcycle cop, apparently heading back to the barn, stopped next to me.
I looked over and we exchanged nods.
He cocks his head and says "Lets do it!"
He drops the clutch and blows the red while I hesitate for a split
second, not really sure if he meant 'us'.
WTF, I launched and was beside him as we exited the intersection.
I let him win though... shut it off and let him go.
[/fun story]

Stupendous Man wrote:
> It should. We have the same problem with motorcycles. They sell a magnet to
> hang on the bike frame, as the sensors are looking for a change in the
> current due to metal effecting the coil's magnetic field. Some guys glue a
> magnet to their boot.
> If you try to put a wheel on the windings, it may work. If that fails I
> would attach a hard-drive magnet to a rod on a spring and hang it under the
> bumper,removing it before going wheeling. We got Calaveras County's 4th
> traffic light last year, 3 of them are within a 1/2 mile section.
>
>>CALIFORNIA CODES
> VEHICLE CODE
> 21800. (d) (1) The driver of any vehicle approaching an intersection
> which has official traffic control signals that are inoperative shall
> stop at the intersection, and may proceed with caution when it is
> safe to do so. This subparagraph shall apply to traffic control
> signals that become inoperative because of battery failure.
>
>
>

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

Don't they put steel belts in steel belted radials anymore? Seems that
would be enough metal.

On bikes, you can sometimes just lean it a bit or swing the kickstand
down over the line.

[fun story]
I ended up stuck at a light on my '74 Z1 900 late one night at five
points in downtown HB. Sat there for a minute with no other traffic in
sight except for a single headlight coming up behind.
A motorcycle cop, apparently heading back to the barn, stopped next to me.
I looked over and we exchanged nods.
He cocks his head and says "Lets do it!"
He drops the clutch and blows the red while I hesitate for a split
second, not really sure if he meant 'us'.
WTF, I launched and was beside him as we exited the intersection.
I let him win though... shut it off and let him go.
[/fun story]

Stupendous Man wrote:
> It should. We have the same problem with motorcycles. They sell a magnet to
> hang on the bike frame, as the sensors are looking for a change in the
> current due to metal effecting the coil's magnetic field. Some guys glue a
> magnet to their boot.
> If you try to put a wheel on the windings, it may work. If that fails I
> would attach a hard-drive magnet to a rod on a spring and hang it under the
> bumper,removing it before going wheeling. We got Calaveras County's 4th
> traffic light last year, 3 of them are within a 1/2 mile section.
>
>>CALIFORNIA CODES
> VEHICLE CODE
> 21800. (d) (1) The driver of any vehicle approaching an intersection
> which has official traffic control signals that are inoperative shall
> stop at the intersection, and may proceed with caution when it is
> safe to do so. This subparagraph shall apply to traffic control
> signals that become inoperative because of battery failure.
>
>
>

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

Don't they put steel belts in steel belted radials anymore? Seems that
would be enough metal.

On bikes, you can sometimes just lean it a bit or swing the kickstand
down over the line.

[fun story]
I ended up stuck at a light on my '74 Z1 900 late one night at five
points in downtown HB. Sat there for a minute with no other traffic in
sight except for a single headlight coming up behind.
A motorcycle cop, apparently heading back to the barn, stopped next to me.
I looked over and we exchanged nods.
He cocks his head and says "Lets do it!"
He drops the clutch and blows the red while I hesitate for a split
second, not really sure if he meant 'us'.
WTF, I launched and was beside him as we exited the intersection.
I let him win though... shut it off and let him go.
[/fun story]

Stupendous Man wrote:
> It should. We have the same problem with motorcycles. They sell a magnet to
> hang on the bike frame, as the sensors are looking for a change in the
> current due to metal effecting the coil's magnetic field. Some guys glue a
> magnet to their boot.
> If you try to put a wheel on the windings, it may work. If that fails I
> would attach a hard-drive magnet to a rod on a spring and hang it under the
> bumper,removing it before going wheeling. We got Calaveras County's 4th
> traffic light last year, 3 of them are within a 1/2 mile section.
>
>>CALIFORNIA CODES
> VEHICLE CODE
> 21800. (d) (1) The driver of any vehicle approaching an intersection
> which has official traffic control signals that are inoperative shall
> stop at the intersection, and may proceed with caution when it is
> safe to do so. This subparagraph shall apply to traffic control
> signals that become inoperative because of battery failure.
>
>
>

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

>--I mean, like, if this
> guy is turning in ten tickets a night for people running this light,
> I'd say it looks like he's shirking his responsibility of seeing that
> this safety hazard gets taken care of, for his personal advantage.

You can request his ticket records, and prove it if he is.
I had a ticket dismissed on the fact that I could prove that the officer was
discriminating against motorcyclists, he had written 60% more tickets
against bikers than the average Officer for the area.

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

>--I mean, like, if this
> guy is turning in ten tickets a night for people running this light,
> I'd say it looks like he's shirking his responsibility of seeing that
> this safety hazard gets taken care of, for his personal advantage.

You can request his ticket records, and prove it if he is.
I had a ticket dismissed on the fact that I could prove that the officer was
discriminating against motorcyclists, he had written 60% more tickets
against bikers than the average Officer for the area.

Re: jeeps with big tires
 

>--I mean, like, if this
> guy is turning in ten tickets a night for people running this light,
> I'd say it looks like he's shirking his responsibility of seeing that
> this safety hazard gets taken care of, for his personal advantage.

You can request his ticket records, and prove it if he is.
I had a ticket dismissed on the fact that I could prove that the officer was
discriminating against motorcyclists, he had written 60% more tickets
against bikers than the average Officer for the area.