Bright lights, big software glitch

[Kurt Grutzmacher <grutz () jingojango net>]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/17/BAG4MPSKM41.DTL

Motorists leaving the Bay Bridge going to the East Bay at night recently
may have been reminded of the '70s tune "Blinded by the Light."

Greeting them -- just as they headed for an already confounding (and
disabled) freeway interchange -- has been the bright glare of a 50-foot
illuminated billboard gone haywire on the south side of eastbound
Interstate 80.

The sign company, CBS Outdoor, blames the problem on a glitch in the
sign's light-dimmer and promises to have it fixed. Responding to a
cascade of complaints, Caltrans told the billboard company Wednesday the
sign should be turned off until it is repaired, Caltrans officials said. 

...

First we melt a bridge and then we blind the motorists going towards it.
Hooray!

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