So several of the traffic lights have sensors in them so that they turn green when somebody’s waiting. Instead of the magnetic loops in the road, the sensors are up on top of the traffic lights themselves. Honestly I’m not sure what activates them, as they don’t always seem to work and the Vespa almost never seems to trigger them.
There are some people who seem to think that flashing lights will have some effect on them. Case in point, the doofus who was waiting in front of me at the light. He sat at the intersection for a good 30 to 40 seconds flashing his lights in an attempt to trigger the light… I’m pretty sure it didn’t work… Never mind that instead of spending 30 to 40 seconds manually flashing his lights in a futile attempt to get a green light he could have flipped a switch in his truck that would have made his lights flash on their own! I mean, I’m pretty sure that his truck came with turn signals!
