Re: Traffic - Signal Devices Threaten Chaos

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Around 11/20/2003 3:10 AM, Dave C. wrote:

> >  But, how do we enforce this? Stop everyone and make sure they don't
> > have any infared devices? If someone changed the light, I'm sure they
> > would get into a heap of trouble under the current system, otherwise,
> > we would be hearing a lot about this kind of tampering.
>
>
> If someone used an infrared gadget to make the light change, how would
> anybody know that it had happened?  -Dave

As mentioned, in most installations it's not IR but a special (visible) 
strobe.

Anyway, in the Everett, WA area, when someone uses an override, you can 
usually tell by the bright amber rollers ("rotating beacons" I think 
they're called) mounted high at the corners of the intersection.

That, and the way traffic patterns are royally screwed up. ;)


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