Traffic Light Question....INTERESTING!!!

[Frandy]

Hey guys,
This might sound really stupid, but forgive me A friend of mines sister has heard AND tried this theory, she says it works, i wouldnt have a clue...thats y u are here She says that by flashing you headlights when you are at the front of that traffic lights turns them green quicker, something to do with the sensors?? Maybe it gets tricked off because it thinks there might be more cars or something?? I wouldnt have the foggiest of ideas, so any ideas?? Or any other rumours you have heard of

Cheers Fellas

[Adzzaman]

I think you've been had, pretty sure there are sensors before the lines that sense when a car is over it.

[Shortstuff]

Yeah I think that theory has been disproved many times. In my experience it won't work even with traffic lights at roadworks.

[deserthead]

What a load of bollocks!!!
Usually during the day the traffic lights are on a timer, so flashing ur lights, looking like a twat all the while will do nothing.
And outside peak hours n at smaller intersections then the traffic lights r set using the inductive pickups in the ground, the little lines mentioned above.
So whack ur sisters mate up the side of their head, might knock some sense into it. . .

[Reaper]

Hey guys,
This might sound really stupid, but forgive me A friend of mines sister has heard AND tried this theory, she says it works, i wouldnt have a clue...thats y u are here She says that by flashing you headlights when you are at the front of that traffic lights turns them green quicker, something to do with the sensors?? Maybe it gets tricked off because it thinks there might be more cars or something?? I wouldnt have the foggiest of ideas, so any ideas?? Or any other rumours you have heard of

Cheers Fellas

Close but not quite. It only works when she flashes her HIGH BEAMS at the car next to her. Only works with cute girls . Blokes shouldn't try it - you'll probably get beaten up.

Reaper

[sixshooter]

Yeah and my dad used to fool me when I was about 6 years old into believing he had magic powers by clapping at them and they'd go green also...little did I know then he was just counting to 3 slowly when he saw the lights go red for the cars crossing in the opposite direction.

[Frandy]

Close but not quite. It only works when she flashes her HIGH BEAMS at the car next to her. Only works with cute girls . Blokes shouldn't try it - you'll probably get beaten up.

Reaper

HAHA good one

[Shounak]

Close but not quite. It only works when she flashes her HIGH BEAMS at the car next to her. Only works with cute girls . Blokes shouldn't try it - you'll probably get beaten up.

Reaper

Or in the case of your wife, her parkers..

I prefer spot lights anyday..

[Troy711]

as someone else said... sensors embeded in the road

there was a set of traffic lights that (late at night) you would have to drive into the turning only lane, set the sensors off and then back up and go into the straight through lane to get the green light. they had done some road works there and the sensor must have been stuffed

[gopher]

Hey guys,
This might sound really stupid,

yes it did

i'd like to see some idiot try that

[andyman]

arnt all of them just pressure plated now and when its at night etc with no traffic it just changes to a defult setting until someone hits the sensors

[4PLAYN]

Yeah and my dad used to fool me when I was about 6 years old into believing he had magic powers by clapping at them and they'd go green also...little did I know then he was just counting to 3 slowly when he saw the lights go red for the cars crossing in the opposite direction.

BAHAHAHAHA my dad used to do the same thing .... i went to school the next day and bragged about it.

[Bax]

My old man used a magic button.

I'm fairly sure there are some lights that are local here that have sensors mounted on top. They look half like a red light camera but they aren't. So I've always assumed it was a sensor.

[stocky]

not sure about all traffic lights, but ive been told that traffic lights use inductors in the road. the cars body acts as the metal body of the inductor and this tells the light there is a car there

[semi]

yep, exactly it creates a magnetic field and this magnetic field causes a current in the sensor, kinda like how guitar pickups work

[Patrio7]

as far as im concerned the flashing lights makes it change faster is like shaking your mouse while waiting for a program to load makes it go faster, it doesnt really but it keeps you occupied so theres less waiting time.

tell her you found honking your horn makes em change almost instantly ke ke ke ke

[Emackulation]

Traffic lights either change by timer or by relays embedded under the road.

[Shanoqueeb]

Hey guys,
This might sound really stupid, but forgive me A friend of mines sister has heard AND tried this theory, she says it works, i wouldnt have a clue...thats y u are here She says that by flashing you headlights when you are at the front of that traffic lights turns them green quicker, something to do with the sensors?? Maybe it gets tricked off because it thinks there might be more cars or something?? I wouldnt have the foggiest of ideas, so any ideas?? Or any other rumours you have heard of

Cheers Fellas

i think there pulling ya pud there m8!

[Bax]

Do people actually know how these work or are they just saying how they think they work.

[vh-holden]

Do people actually know how these work or are they just saying how they think they work.

all the people that said about induction loops were right

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question234.htm

[stylin_vr2]

Yeah and my dad used to fool me when I was about 6 years old into believing he had magic powers by clapping at them and they'd go green also...little did I know then he was just counting to 3 slowly when he saw the lights go red for the cars crossing in the opposite direction.

OMG i so got done with that!!!
and the magic wipers that knew when there was rain.... and all the while he had em on intermittent.. lol

[Johnsy]

It's an old wives tale... but the rumor i heard was the flashing of high beam at
a red light makes them change to green because police cars high beams also flash when they turn there sirens on thus getting them through quiker..

also a load of sh**t

[VLCrewman]

Emergency vehicles don't stop for lights when they're in an emergency. They don't care whether they're green or red, they just keep going.

[daron]

the only way to make lights change faster is 1 open a drink it will change b4 ya get a swig 2 answer fone 3 pretend you need something from the boot and take seatbelt off hehe
4 read mail
all these things seem to make them change faster for me

[Emackulation]

Do people actually know how these work or are they just saying how they think they work.

Work for the council mate, me knows a little.