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Late at night, at a friends house, and his car died, but I need a ride to my car. So, we took his motorcycle. We come up to a street light, and it's not sensi
by whartung 1y ago
Late at night, at a friends house, and his car died, but I need a ride to my car.
So, we took his motorcycle.
We come up to a street light, and it's not sensing us. So, I hop off, run over, press the WALK button, and run back and hop back on. In moments, the light turns green, the WALK sign says WALK and we're on our way.
Inevitably, a couple of blocks later, we're in the same boat.
Being too clever by half, I rinse and repeat -- off the bike, hit the WALK button, run back.
This time, the WALK sign turned on, but the light remained red.
Curses.
We just ran that one.
- dpe82 1y agoIn Wisconsin, motorcycles, bikes, etc. are sometimes allowed to run a red if they wait for 45s and there's no other traffic around: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/346/vi/37/1/c/4 https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/346/vi/37...
- diggan 1y ago> So, I hop off, run over, press the WALK button [...] the light turns green, the WALK sign says WALK and we're on our way. You mean the button for pedestrians to pass the crosswalk I guess? Why would it say "WALK" (be green for pedestrians?) and also be green for a vehicle to pass? The crosswalks around me are the reverse, if pedestrians can pass, no vehicles can pass, and vice-versa. Or maybe I misunderstood something?
- ThePowerOfFuet 1y agoPerestrians going in the same direction as traffic will generally get a walk signal when the traffic gets a green light.