Traffic light changer

[ManOrAstro-Man?]

I wasn't looking for something like this, but stumbled upon this yesterday.

http://www.thelightchanger.com/

Has anyone ever heard of this? Does anyone know if this works?

I don't think that all states have the automatic traffic lights that California has, but I've been stuck at traffic lights before because my bike couldn't activate the sensor to change the light to green. Usually if a car pulls up behind me, that's when the light changes. If it's 3AM and no one else is on the road, then I'm screwed. For the price, this may not be bad to have, but I'm just not sure how this thing works.

[truckinduc]

We sell lots of them at the shop. Honestly I dont really know if they work or not.

I usually wait a few seconds then run the light if there is no one around or coming.

[Heath]

It's a giant magnet.  You could get the same thing at your local hardware store.
Also look up neodymium magnets.  They are very very powerful for their size.

[needtorque]

I have noticed over the last 6 years in my area (SC) that they must have been working to increase the sensitivity of auto lights.  When I first moved here I had to wait for other vehicles at almost every one but now it is not that way.  At most lights now it turns the same as if I were in the cage.

[1313]

It's a giant magnet.  You could get the same thing at your local hardware store.
Also look up neodymium magnets.  They are very very powerful for their size.

So do they work?

[superjohn]

I usually have decent luck just putting the sidestand down on the conductive metal grid embedded in the pavement.

[Heath]

So do they work?

I don't know lol.  I have one on the side of my oil filter which is too high off the ground.  I think if I put it lower it would work.  The magnet I have is about he size of a quarter (same thickness too) but has a pull of 60lbs I believe.

[ghostface]

When I was in Vancouver there was a spy shop that sold a light changer supposedly similar to the units the fire dept has. I passed on it but wondered if anyone ever used it.

[kopfjäger]

I have noticed over the last 6 years in my area (SC) that they must have been working to increase the sensitivity of auto lights.  When I first moved here I had to wait for other vehicles at almost every one but now it is not that way.  At most lights now it turns the same as if I were in the cage.

http://www.tech-faq.com/traffic-lights.shtml

[ManOrAstro-Man?]

http://www.tech-faq.com/traffic-lights.shtml

I've read about those infrared receivers, but the traffic light changer sounds like it does something to traffic light sensors that are in the ground. The web site is kind of vague on what it really does, so that's why I'm skeptical.