Temporary traffic lights - most pointless

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Woodlover said:

I was told years ago ...flash your lights at these temp traffic lights and it will change asap due to emergency services ...All the ones I have seen have a sensor thing pointing towards oncoming traffic and this is the device that picks up a flashing light like that of the emergency services.

It does seem to change them quicker when I have tried.

I also am pretty sure the flashing lights thing is an urban myth.  I have seen loads of people do it but my experience is it does nowt.  Now that would be a good thread - urban myths.  Some of them are really worth whingeing about!  And some are just hilarious.

[eggsarascal]

8 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

I also am pretty sure the flashing lights thing is an urban myth.  I have seen loads of people do it but my experience is it does nowt.  Now that would be a good thread - urban myths.  Some of them are really worth whingeing about!  And some are just hilarious.

It is an urban myth, I did a few years in TM. When we were quiet I used to repair lights in the workshop. There are basically three settings, timers, sensors and all red, we used to leave them on timers on unmanned jobs because the motion sensors we known to play up and send each light head all red.

[ChunksBigBro]

10 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

It is an urban myth, I did a few years in TM. When we were quiet I used to repair lights in the workshop. There are basically three settings, timers, sensors and all red, we used to leave them on timers on unmanned jobs because the motion sensors we known to play up and send each light head all red.

I owned a TM company a few years back, THIS is 100%, no more, no less, this is all the lights have

[eggsarascal]

22 minutes ago, ChunksBigBro said:

I owned a TM company a few years back, THIS is 100%, no more, no less, this is all the lights have

What was the company called?

[Spruce Pirate]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

I also am pretty sure the flashing lights thing is an urban myth.  I have seen loads of people do it but my experience is it does nowt.  Now that would be a good thread - urban myths.  Some of them are really worth whingeing about!  And some are just hilarious.

My old boss was always in a hell of a hurry.  If he arrived at a set of temporary lights, normally screeching to a halt, he'd quite happily reverse back (providing nobody behind him) and then drive towards them again at high speed to try and trigger the sensor.  He'd do this basically until the light changed or someone came up behind him.  Used to hate going anywhere in a car with him.

[scbk]

There's a set of permanent traffic lights (at a junction) that won't pick you up if you're on a bike, even if you're got a line of cars behind you. You could sit there all day and the lights would never change in your favour. I would let it do a couple of rounds, then pick your time and go through on red...

[ChunksBigBro]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

What was the company called?

Couldnt say that, it would give away my superhero ID! 

[openspaceman]

50 minutes ago, scbk said:

You could sit there all day and the lights would never change in your favour.

The traffic management company I asked told me they couldn't set the lights to red for more than two minutes, what's the truth of this?

[Peasgood]

More often than not the only obstruction where the lights are is the fat twat asleep in the Transit pickup that brought the lights in the first place.

One of these days I am going to pinch all the lights and see what happens when he wakes.

[eggsarascal]

3 hours ago, openspaceman said:

The traffic management company I asked told me they couldn't set the lights to red for more than two minutes, what's the truth of this?

Now, don't quote me Andrew, it's a long time since I was in TM and I did very little street works, mainly Motorways but I seem to rember being able to hold all red for a maximum of 10 minutes depending on the traffic count.

Edited December 12, 2019 by eggsarascal