Commentary

Commander’s Action Line

June 20, 2008
Col. Douglas Tucker
435th Air Base Wing commander

QWhy does the traffic light on Ramstein near the 723rd Air Mobility Squadron Cargo Terminal not work for motorcycles? Motorcycles

coming to the light and making a left hand turn will sit there until another car pulls over the strip in the road to activate the light signal.   

AOur technicians evaluated the traffic light near the 723rd AMS Cargo Terminal and found the magnetic sensor was set with a low sensitivity, resulting in some motorcycles not being detected. The technicians adjusted the sensitivity and ran several tests with several different motorcycles, all of which were now detected and activated the traffic signal.

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