Q: I read yet another answer of yours about damaged sensors. Some intersections use wire loops buried in the roadway and some use cameras mounted with the traffic lights. Out of curiosity, how do they ...

Many red lights fail to detect smaller vehicles like bikes and scooters due to sensor limitations. Inductive loops, common in traffic signals, rely on sufficient metal mass to register a vehicle.

We've all spewed expletives at stop lights that take too long, but it could have been your fault — maybe you didn't pull forward far enough, or you pulled too far forward to let the light know there ...