Re: Traffic - Signal Devices Threaten Chaos

aunt millie wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 05:13:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (gsomers) wrote:
> 
> >November 5, 2003
> >Traffic - Signal Devices Threaten Chaos
> >By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> >
> >MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- It's every motorist's fantasy to be able to make a
> >red traffic light turn green without so much as easing off the
> >accelerator. That naughty dream may now be coming true, with perilous
> >implications.
> >
> >The very technology that has for years allowed fire trucks, ambulances
> >and police cars to reach emergencies faster -- a remote control that
> >changes traffic signals -- is now much cheaper and potentially
> >accessible to civilians.
> >
> >No bigger than a dashtop radar detector, the device is known as a
> >mobile infrared transmitter, or MIRT, and can be had for about $300.
> >The possibility of its proliferation is unnerving public safety and
> >transportation officials.
> >
> 
> They need to outlaw gadgets like this and enforce the ban with
> super-stiff penalties.


 That worked wonders with narcotics.