| Search Google for "how to change traffic | | | | legal and works great. |
| lights" and you will find numerous sources of | | | | |
| information. There are techniques that | | | | Most traffic lights use electro magnet |
| actually work for example the use of a mobile | | | | sensors buried under the road surface to |
| infrared transmitter (MIRT) and those that | | | | determine if a vehicle is present. They |
| don't like the universal remote control | | | | usually appear as large black outlined |
| method. One thing that is consistent is that | | | | rectangles on the road surface. Left turn |
| there is only one method that is legal for | | | | lanes are the most likely to find these |
| everyone in all 50 states. | | | | sensors but some secondary roads also have |
| | | | lights that will not change until a car is |
| A MIRT works by sending a signal to a traffic | | | | present. These sensors have to be sensitive |
| light that will either turn the light green | | | | enough to detect a car on them but not |
| or turn all the lights red. This technology | | | | trigger when a vehicle is in the next lane |
| is only authorized for emergency vehicle use. | | | | over. |
| If you do not drive a police car, fire truck, | | | | |
| or ambulance it is not legal for you to own | | | | A Traffic light changer does not alter the |
| or operate a MIRT. In Michigan the penalties | | | | normal operation of any traffic device. It |
| of using a MIRT or pretty stiff and I assume | | | | merely helps to inform the traffic light's |
| they are similar for all states. | | | | sensors that you are there and waiting. |
| | | | Frankly there are not enough steel parts in a |
| Michigan MIRT Law... | | | | motorcycle to properly trigger the traffic |
| | | | light every time. A traffic light changer |
| A misdemeanor and up to 90 days in jail and a | | | | simply makes your motorcycle appear much |
| fine of $5,000 for the unlawful POSSESSION of | | | | larger to the lights sensors. The best part |
| a MIRT. | | | | is that this form of a traffic light changer |
| | | | is completely legal in all 50 states. |
| A FELONY charge with up to TWO YEARS in jail | | | | |
| and a fine of 10,000 for the unlawful SALE of | | | | The Illinois Vehicle Code 625 ILCS 5/12-601.1 |
| purchase of a MIRT. | | | | reads, in part: |
| | | | |
| A FELONY charge with up to FIVE years in jail | | | | (e) This Section does not prohibit use by |
| and a fine of $15,000 for individuals using a | | | | motorcycles of electronic or magnetic safety |
| MIRT that resulted in a traffic accident | | | | devices designed to allow traffic control |
| | | | signal systems to recognize or detect |
| A FELONY charge with up to 15 years in jail | | | | motorcycles. |
| and a fine of $25,000 for the use of a MIRT | | | | |
| resulting in death. | | | | So if you or anyone you know is tired of |
| | | | being stuck at lights for what seems like |
| In fact any device used by an individual to | | | | forever get a traffic light changer today. |
| alter the normal operation of a traffic light | | | | Most of them will fit on any motorcycle, |
| is illegal in all states. With Penalties this | | | | install in minutes, can be hidden out of site |
| stiff why risk it when there is a legal | | | | and are fully self contained. It is a perfect |
| solution. Fortunately, a motorcycle accessory | | | | inexpensive and LEGAL solution to a common |
| known as a Traffic Light Changer is perfectly | | | | motorcyclist problem. |