# Poorly timed stop lights **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 11, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541 "2008-12-11T07:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lsvtechatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@lsvtechatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lsvtechatch)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/21 "2008-12-11T09:43:39Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > If you flash your brights from a couple lengths back at a redlight it will change pretty abruptly to green. It’s for ambulances and firetrucks. ive heard that and tried it, no results. got lucky a couple times but thats about it. ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/22 "2008-12-11T09:46:52Z")
I can time the lights pretty good on main st without traffic from hertel to past the thruway. The light by the top across from UB always kills the sequence though. Sometimes you do get stuck but you can usually get through about 3 lights without hitting a red. I do the slow roll though if im going through a green and I see a red one light ahead. Most people race to the next light and come to a complete stop. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/23 "2008-12-11T09:54:31Z")
> [@lsvtechatch](#): > > ive heard that and tried it, no results. got lucky a couple times but thats about it. Brightness of highbeams/distance/location have a lot to do with it. No rural lights have the sensor (except crittenden and rt 5, for some reason). On a couple occasions at night in the FD i’ve cruised a good 15 miles on RT 5 with nothing but green lights. Transit too. On topic, the light sequence coming from sheridan to main and down into the hollow sucks. You ALWAYS hit the red at sheridan and main and it kills you for the rest of rt 5 ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/24 "2008-12-11T09:58:45Z")
There is a road like that here. Lots of lights. Sometimes I come down, and its green the whole way. Sometimes every fucking light turns red. It makes me want to pull the baby out of my uterus. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/25 "2008-12-11T10:02:05Z")
If you’re taking the 90 E and get off at William street. If you want to go left onto William, you have to wait for the light. As soon as that turns green, you go under the thruway bridge just to get met with another light turning red. Every. Single. Time. If I was the first car in line, I’d be ready to dump the clutch as soon as the light changed, and if I floored it I would make it while the light was still yellow. I have since found an alternate route. And another vote for 7 corners in Hamburg. It’s like 5 minutes just to make a right turn. Thanks to Tops, Wal Mart, West Herr Toyota, Verizon, and that vacant lot for saving me time when I’m in a real hurry, LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/26 "2008-12-11T10:04:23Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > If you flash your brights from a couple lengths back at a redlight it will change pretty abruptly to green. It’s for ambulances and firetrucks. I’ve never had that work and tried it on almost every car I’ve driven, HID, regular lights, trucks, etc. it’s BS. X… ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/27 "2008-12-11T10:08:48Z")
> [@Xander](#): > > I’ve never had that work and tried it on almost every car I’ve driven, HID, regular lights, trucks, etc. it’s BS. > > X… You have to do it somewhere in the vicinity of 14 flashes per second to activate the strobe-enabled sensors. =\ also: [http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/11/05/traffic.lights.ap/](http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/11/05/traffic.lights.ap/) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/28 "2008-12-11T10:12:55Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > You have to do it somewhere in the vicinity of 14 flashes per second to activate the strobe-enabled sensors. =\ > > also: [http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/11/05/traffic.lights.ap/](http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/11/05/traffic.lights.ap/) So how exactly are you doing that with your high beam flash then? ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/29 "2008-12-11T10:24:39Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > So how exactly are you doing that with your high beam flash then? Must have been a coincidence a couple times a week for the last 3 years. GO FIGURE! I knew I should have been suspicious. rx7 high beams are sort of like the light that you can clip to a bike that uses a generator powered by you pedaling. aka dull. edit: I’m a drummer educated in technique of moeller and my finger skills are advanced beyond yours. Also rx7 lights can flash quicker than GTO lights. don’t attack me you jerk, using “So how exactly…” as your initiating sarcasm \>:E ---
**Author:** ![ericvw7989](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ericvw7989/32/5070_2.png) [@ericvw7989](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ericvw7989)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/30 "2008-12-11T10:25:35Z")
A lot of the time i get caught at every single light on elm on my way down to work ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/31 "2008-12-11T10:32:54Z")
> [@ericvw7989](#): > > A lot of the time i get caught at every single light on elm on my way down to work then slow down. ---
**Author:** ![ericvw7989](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ericvw7989/32/5070_2.png) [@ericvw7989](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ericvw7989)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/32 "2008-12-11T10:33:57Z")
> [@newman](#): > > then slow down. lol i do go slow becuase there is always people crossing just bad timing i guess lol ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/33 "2008-12-11T11:16:52Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > Must have been a coincidence a couple times a week for the last 3 years. > > GO FIGURE! > > I knew I should have been suspicious. rx7 high beams are sort of like the light that you can clip to a bike that uses a generator powered by you pedaling. > > aka dull. > > edit: I’m a drummer educated in technique of moeller and my finger skills are advanced beyond yours. Also rx7 lights can flash quicker than GTO lights. > > don’t attack me you jerk, using “So how exactly…” as your initiating sarcasm \>:E STFU Troll, I don’t care how much dexterity you have from fingering your boyfriends prostate, you are full of shit. Do they even have these sensors in WNY? I never saw them when I lived there. On top of that, even areas that have them, don’t have them on the majority of the lights… they are primarily used at busy intersections to stop all traffic as opposed to the emergency vehicle slowing down and using its own lights/sirens. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/34 "2008-12-11T11:19:42Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > … snip … Cliffs: WAAAAAMMMMBBBBUUUULLLLAAAANNNNCCCCEEEEE! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/35 "2008-12-11T11:21:35Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Cliffs: > WAAAAAMMMMBBBBUUUULLLLAAAANNNNCCCCEEEEE! > > 🙂 ur jus jeluz duh lol omg siq edit: I was goofing around before, i didn’t see Jay make a post before i commented. I just said it must have always been a coincidence then linked to an article where it explained everything about the sensor on traffic lights. wtf else do you want cracka? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/36 "2008-12-11T11:22:21Z")
lol. khoveraki is funny. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/37 "2008-12-11T11:28:06Z")
> [@newman](#): > > I love driving up elm street from the 190, though. Just ride the green wave. Not in the morning when I am on Elm ---
**Author:** ![SOLITUDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@SOLITUDE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SOLITUDE)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/38 "2008-12-11T11:29:23Z")
> [@paulysplitx](#): > > There are not even that many lights on those street. What is there to complain about? > > On Topic: A lot of streets downtown are pretty bad. no the light only lasts for about 5 sec if you are on boreden adn the u gota wait like 10 min for it 2 change it sux ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/39 "2008-12-11T11:29:53Z")
the light in front of costanzos (sp?) on union fucking sucks. it turns red when no one is on the street heading to the warehouses/costanzos. and u have to sit there for 5 fucking minutes, i hit it every single time, and then when it turns green the light onto old french turns red which is about 20feet ahead ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541/40 "2008-12-11T11:31:53Z")
psh, fag0rs. Oak in the morning, Elm at night. 33 \> 190 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poorly-timed-stop-lights/59541.md?page=3)