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From: bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM (I want to be eating rich soup in another town)
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Subject: Re: Re: IR receiver on traffic lights ? (no, it's visible light.)
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Date: 17 Apr 91 21:46:32 GMT
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In article <1991Apr17.181300.16991@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) writes:
->In article <7380024@hpnmdla.hp.com> roger@hpnmdla.hp.com (Roger Petersen) writes:
->>
->>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).

well, you could still have some fun with it!

mike
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