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I rode to work today. Traffic was decent, but when I got to the entrance gate, the card did not register and the gate did not open. I usually keep my card in my wallet in my pocket of my jacket. It works when I use it at my condo, and I figured that this one was different, so I took the wallet out and waved it in front of the sensor. No dice.
I then proceeded to pull the card out of the wallet and waved it in front of the gate. No dice.
By this time, there was a line up of cars behind me, waiting to get in, so I started backing up my bike to let the car behind me go. The driver actually came out of his car and waved his card in front of the sensor. No dice.
He then pressed the security button and got the security guy to open the gate to let us in.
Now that I think about it, could the device be linked to a scale to make sure that there is a car in the driveway before it opens the gate?
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 09:53:34 (UTC)
Perhaps it detects metal and not weight? I once read somewhere that if you're riding a bicycle and you're stopped a minor intersection, the sensor embedded in the road may not detect you because your cross section is so small. The suggestion was to lower your bike to make it more horizontal so that the sensor can then detect you and change the light. --- HKL
Grinning Reaper
Thursday, May 03, 2007 at 13:36:42 (UTC)
Yeah, they have these triple white spots at some intersections where you could stop your bike and it would also trigger the traffic lights. I guess there were enough complains from two wheeled riders to prompt the city to implement this secondary sensor.
The trigger at the gate is slightly different since it seems to have sensors where the tires should be for a car when the driver window is near the card reader. I do not think that I would be able to trigger the sensor with my bike.
QYV