I've found in many places the sensors to detect me are closer to the intersection than where I tend to stop. Try inching closer to the intersection. Once it "sees" you, the lights tend to change after a few seconds. I suspect some are tuned to look for more than one car (or one car + x seconds) before they change.

I agree w/ Jim. I get out of work at 2:00am, I'm the only car on the road and have to sit at this light for 2 minutes while it gives the ramps an excessively long green. These lights should be BLINKING at this hour, as should many others in the area.

Assumption: we're talking about heading East and turning North onto Route 8.

Blinking would be problematic - there are two left turn lanes - in blinking mode you would have two blinking reds on the left and a blinking yellow on the right lane. That would be quite confusing, especially with side by side turners and conflicting traffic.

The alternative would be to make west bound have a blinking red and all east lanes have blinking yellow, giving a left turn preference over someone going straight.

The only thing that wouldn't create confusion would be a four way stop.

People handle uncontrolled intersections surprisingly well. I am not a traffic engineer but think overuse of stop signs and lights not only cost time but make driving more unsafe. People rely on the signals and stop being vigilant looking for unexpected danger. The light at Walmarr near the Derby Orange border goes to blinking during the day on a weekday every once in a while and the world doesn't come to an end. People get alert and cautious and slow down, and people work it out.

I still agree they need to look at the sensors and make sure it isn't using daytime assumptions in the middle of the night.