He also stated that it was my responsibility to find the sensor. Under no circumstances was I to proceed carefully through the red light. He stated that all of his officers would cite me if I did.
I would like to see the outcome to that in traffic court.
What are you supposed to do, stay there all day with cars behind you and then get a ticket for impeding traffic?
I call BS to it being your responsibility to know where the sensors are. If there is a sign that says "motorcycles stop exactly on this spot" then they could have a point.
I have the same problem at a couple of spots. One here in Auburn and another in Reno. When safe, I go on red. It's to the point that I no longer wait because it NEVER detects me. But if there is a car in front of me, no problem, and then I will wait.
BTW, "When safe, I go on red." means when there are no cars or cops around.
BTW, I hope that cop gets behind you on red when the light doesn't change. Just stay there all day and see what happens. I bet the cop won't even know where you should stay for the sensor to detect you. Besides that, it probably won't even if you're right on it. Depends a lot on the bike, ground clearance and such.
I have also seen the camera type sensors NOT detect ANYTHING. All it takes is for the sun to be shining into them. I had that issue at the same time, every day, when I lived in South San Francisco on my way back from work. And that was in a car! But of course, I could wait there until it got dark every day. But I had better things to do with my time after work.
BTW, I know NV has a law that you have to wait two cycles (IIRC) when you're not detected. Doesn't CA have such a law?
-Don- Auburn, CA