I basically do exactly this, but I am running the reverse proxy on my home computer: the VPS is literally just acting as a proxy, for which I use wireguard to tunnel the connection. So far it’s worked great, though initial setup was a pain.

And the Gym industry, and the Healthcare industry, and the Tow Truck industry…

So many losses.

In my city, I can trigger a traffic signal on my bike by going on the coil that senses the car. This is probably intentional given that the city also puts markings to show that bikes can trigger the sensor, though it does not appear to be any sort of special sensor. No idea if it’s natural that the coil can detect my bike or whether my city specifically tubed the system to detect bikes.

As an additional precaution, authorities also recommend bringing a brick no less than 1kg in mass to show to drivers while crossing.