That'd never fly out here in Boston (one of the worst cities for road rage). If you aren't pulled up all the way or hesitate at all you'll have people honking and yelling immediately. I just crane my neck to see the light or pull up far enough that I can see it through the sunroof

 

Sorry D2M, didn't mean to be sarcastic about Houston intersections. But as someone had pointed out, just cuz you can hang back in TX doesn't mean the intersections work the same way in NJ. And with some of the narrow intersections and high-strung lights here, I'd have to hang WAY back in order to see the green light change. As it is now, some (not all) of them are totally out of my field of vision once I get up to the appropriate stopping point.

So for $12, I'll solve my problem.

Besides, I live in a rural area policed by swarms of state trooper patrols. Don't think I want to attract attention to my speedy little Mini by hanging suspiciously far back from marked stop lines.

 

Yep, there are all kinds of sensors in use. In the old days there were magnetic and radar and ultrasound. Induction loops are the most prevalent here, and can be sawn into the surface or as we do buried shallow during new road construction. The pavement is installed over it so you'd never see it. A relatively new type is a movie cameras mounted high on poles. The picture feed is hardwired to a computer in the signal controller cabinet. Software allows you to draw in detection areas on the screen - once done, any vehicle entering the detection area is counted. We have a few of these in place but the technology is expensive and camera angle is critical.

 

I say wait until people behind you start shooting at you..
There, fixed that for you...

 

Got my mini a few days ago. Already ordered the lens thingy. I can't see any of the lights.....

 

The nice thing about it is that you can position it anywhere on inside of the windshield so you CAN see the lights.

 

I took off my lightinsight to reposition it and now I can't remember if the smooth side or the ribbed side goes on the glass...... Which is it? Thanks!

 

Smooth side against the glass.

 

Thanks. That's what I thunk.