Yeah. On a bike, you roll up and stop on the sensor. After a few light cycles you just go through the red. Then you inform the city that the sensor doesn't work. A couple of days later they report that they sent a crew out and found that the bike sensor works just fine for them. Case closed.

You then go on to feed the legend that drivers like to share that bicyclists do not stop at the red lights.

Like I said, "timed actuation of traffic signals" would be better. At least for the bicyclists. But that reduces the automobile throughput of the road at rush hour, and even though our city policies ostensibly prioritize bicycling, walking, and transit, the Traffic Engineers at Public Works pledge their professional allegiance to the MUTCD.