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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Re: IR receiver on traffic lights ? (no, it's visible light.)
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.181300.16991@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 18:13:00 GMT
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In article <7380024@hpnmdla.hp.com> roger@hpnmdla.hp.com (Roger Petersen) writes:
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>Re: home brew traffic light triggerer
>
>Sounds like a new market for the radar detector manufacturers...
>
>People might start to notice, however: "Hey, how come the lights always
>turn green for Bob, but not me?"   (Visions of the Nissan "Bob" commercial.)

I just heard that these devices turn all the signals at the intersection
RED, thus bringing all traffic to a halt (except for the official
emergency vehicle, which of course can go through red lights).

So much for that great new market for Cincinnati Microwave. :-(