Hack Your way to a faster commute

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

Imagine if you could change traffic lights at the snap of a finger or,
in this case, the push of a button. Security devices, called traffic
signal preemption transmitters, owned by the Alachua County Fire and
Rescue Department, do just that -- legally. Web sites across the
nation, however, such as www.themirt.com and www.i-hacked.com brag of
creating and using duplicate devices just as easily and effectively.
But people buying and selling the devices hit a roadblock in August
2005 when President Bush passed the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act. It established a minimum sentence
of six months in prison for anyone who uses the device illegally. The
act also said those selling the device illegally could serve a year in
prison, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Web site.
The devices used in counties across the nation, including Alachua for
the past 3 to 4 years, are coded. When either a legal or illegal
device is used, the control box of the intersection records both the
date and time used, said Megan Crandall, public information officer
for Alachua County Fire and Rescue.

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More here,

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/04/13/1571945.htm

-JP

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