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Originally Posted by choneofakind
If your goal with this magical M box is to sense motorcycles, yes. But it still seems like a ton of hooplah for a relatively small result. Seems much easier to just use common sense and either 1) make a right turn 2) use neutral, get off, and push the pedestrian button 3) run it if there's no one around.
If you're going to add bicycles into the intended target for these super sensitive triggers, I think that's a waste of time and money. Look at 1) how many cyclists use the roads compared to how many cars there are and 2) how little metal there is on a bike. I really don't think you're going to be able to make a hair trigger for a traffic light that will sense a 2100g (or in many times, much less) aluminum rim without it being finicky and causing many false triggers while still keeping public costs in check. I don't think they're feasible for that task. This comes from someone who pedals more miles than he rides in a year..
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Its not about how much it weighs, its about how much metal there is. Metal detectors work - they aren't magic. The use of M-boxes would decrease false triggers because the lines there now have to sense a bike anywhere in the lane. The M-box means the electrical sensitivity can be cranked down while simultaneously increasing reliability.
Total cost per M-box? -- maybe $5 at most. I'll sponsor a few personally if that is what it takes.