Change the Channel... to Death!

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

Unbelievable: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/tram_hack/

A Polish teenager allegedly turned the tram system in the city of Lodz
into his own personal train set, triggering chaos and derailing four
vehicles in the process. Twelve people were injured in one of the
incidents.

The 14-year-old modified a TV remote control so that it could be used
to change track points, The Telegraph reports. Local police said the
youngster trespassed in tram depots to gather information needed to
build the device. The teenager told police that he modified track
setting for a prank.

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Kids do the darn'dest things...

It think we are lucky it was just a kid pulling a prank and the rest
of the world should make sure this is not how their systems operate
before the copycats come out of the woodworks..

-JP
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