Hoovey689

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Nevada now allowing motorcycles to run red lights legally

As of next Tuesday, October 1, motorcyclists, cyclists, moped and tri-wheel riders in Nevada will be legally allowed to run red lights under one condition: there is no other traffic around, and they have waited at the light through two red-light cycles. When light sensors under the road don't detect a two-wheeled vehicle it can leave a rider sitting a light until a car shows up, or the rider will need to dismount and press the "Walk" button to get the light to change. The law was passed in order to provide a more expedient way to deal with the situation.

Nevada isn't the first state to consider and pass such a law. In fact, it's about the tenth state to either have such a law on the books or to be considering it, since Illinois has done it, and so have Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Nebraska.

Source and Video:
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/26/n...-lights-video/

edgeucated

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So if an accident occur is it still always the biker's fault, because they didn't see incoming traffic?

How do they enforce the two red light cycles.

I see this as a huge inconvenience for bikers, but I don't know if getting around this is by allowing them to run red lights.

Jewcano

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Imo they should at that point install accident cameras at intersections. Basically the red light becomes a yeild sign to bikers.

Hoovey689

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I don't see this EVER happening in Cali hah

VtotheJ

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If this happened in NYC..........(I won't complete the sentence).

PhilipMSPT

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Three right turns make a single left.

Think about it...

Mike728

This same law has been in place in IL for over a year. I've not heard of a single incident that it has caused. It just makes sense.

Nospinzone

When I've encountered this situation, I usually make a right turn and then a U turn and I've effectively made my left turn.

Lil4X

The old pressure sensors for traffic lights usually ignore a bike passing over them and at some intersections, if you're on the bike with no other traffic going your way, you could sit there, one leg on the ground until you grow moss on your north side. In Austin, I used to live where a major thoroughfare crested, then dropped toward the lake. The street I lived on was just below the crest, and pulling out against the light was suicidal. I was known to get off the bike, run back and STOMP on the sensor with both feet. It may have worked, but it definitely entertained the neighbors.

Today's "inductive-loop" sensors measure the change in inductance caused by a vehicle passing over them - they're slightly better at recognizing the presence of a vehicle, but depending on the metallic content of your ride and where you and your 2-wheeler are in the loop, you can be ignored. Here's an interesting link that MIGHT help get you and your bike recognized.

http://www.wikihow.com/Trigger-Green-Traffic-Lights

praetor

When I use to ride a lot, I've had to jump off the bike, run to the corner and hit the pedestrian crossing button on quite a few occasions. If not, the light wouldn't change. The cars behind us would find it hilarious.

GQD_GS4

this is a good law. there hasnt been a problem with it in Illinois.

FrankReynoldsCPA

I find myself doing this fairly often in heavy traffic, and I don't even ride a motorcycle. But that's usually at an intersection without a light(but there are a few lights here that still cause me to do it).