> On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 15:42 +1000, Tony Smith wrote:
> > Yep, you can usually see where the coil is, fairly big loop.
> >
> > Tend not to work for motorcycles though, which is a pain if
> you're riding
> > one.
> >
> > Parking garages use them too, you usually see them on the 'in' entrance.
> > Years ago, a friend of mine determined that there was enough
> metal in the
> > average toolbox to trigger them.  He'd send the apprentice off
> to trigger
> > the gate, then drive out the in entrance, thus saving the parking fee.
>
> My buildings, a LONG time ago, used to have one for the main parking
> area gate.
>
> Discovered while riding my bike that if you drove your bike ALONG where
> the coil was buried you'd trigger the gate! Worked flawlessly. TTYL


That's interesting.  I've tried that, and it doesn't seem to work (I'm
talking about traffic lights).  I did manage to avoid getting run over while
trying it, so that's a plus.

Haven't tried a parking station...

Tony


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