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From: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.analog
Subject: Re: Spoofing traffic signals
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Date: Wed, 14-May-86 09:55:05 EDT
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In article <840@ihu1h.UUCP> parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes:
>x
>		    Spoofing Traffic Lights
>
>   Here's the scenario:
>
>     I'm stopped at an intersection, waiting for  the  light
>     to	 turn green. No	one else is around.  The light seems
>     to	be red for an eternity,	but there's no traffic.
>
>   I back my truck up a	few feet, off the sensor loop buried
>   in  the  roadway,  then  drive  back	 over the loop a few
>   times.  This	will usually cause  the	 traffic  signal  to
>   become green.
I use this trick all the time. It works most of the time - especially
in a left turn lane. I think it is technically illegal to back
up in a traffic lane, however.
-- 
John Moore (NJ7E/XE1HDO)
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The opinions expressed here are obviously not mine, so they must be
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