Re: Hack Your way to a faster commute

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

On 4/14/06, Andrew <andrewwilly () gmail com> wrote:
> Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> > 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.
> Are these the strobe devices?  If so, then the hacks might be the
> "chrome boxes" that have been around for years and years. Reminds me of
> the days of blue boxing and other retro hacks. I only read t-files about
> them, though, was never clever enough to do it myself.

I hope no one is paying 5,000 dollars for a strobe light. I wouldnt
put it past Florida tho ;-)

-JP

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