Man creates traffic signal changer

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  1. terry78

    terry78 My name is Stefan, sweet thang

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    No green light for driver with traffic signal gadget
    'That thing paid for itself'

    Tuesday, April 18, 2006; Posted: 9:01 a.m. EDT (13:01 GMT)


    Manage Alerts | What Is This? LONGMONT, Colorado (AP) -- A man who said he bought a device that allowed him to change stop lights from red to green received a $50 ticket for suspicion of interfering with a traffic signal.

    Jason Niccum of Longmont, Colorado, said the device, which he bought on eBay for $100, helped him cut his time driving to work.

    "I guess in the two years I had it, that thing paid for itself," he told the Daily Times-Call on Wednesday.

    Niccum was issued a citation March 29 after police said they found him using a strobe-like device to change traffic signals. Police confiscated the device.

    "I'm always running late," police quoted Niccum as saying in an incident report.

    The device, called an Opticon, is similar to what firefighters use to change lights when they respond to emergencies. It emits an infrared pulse that receivers on the traffic lights pick up.

    Niccum was cited after city traffic engineers who noticed repeated traffic light disruptions at certain intersections spotted a white Ford pickup passing by whenever the patterns were disrupted.

    City traffic engineer Joe Olson said engineers plan to update the city's Opticon system this year to block unauthorized light-changing signals.
    http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/18/traffic.changer.ap/index.html
     
    #1 terry78, Apr 18, 2006
  2. Mister J

    Mister J Enlightened to the Great Darkness

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    $50 ticket. That's all. :confused:
     
    #2 Mister J, Apr 18, 2006
  3. Darthphere

    Darthphere Kneel before 'Drox!

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    I need one.
     
    #3 Darthphere, Apr 18, 2006
  4. Ronny Shade

    Ronny Shade back for a limited time

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    Wouldn't it take like 10 secinds to work each time? I mean you gotta click the "green" button and then it has to turn the other light yellow and then red before it works.
     
    #4 Ronny Shade, Apr 18, 2006
  5. PhotoJones

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    people are stupid. i mean, you all know a laser pen works the same way, right? i do it everyday on my way to work, and the ONE time i did get stopped by the police, i showed them the laser pen. it's legal, and they couldn't take it away, or write me a ticket. plus, a laser pen ain't no "$100 on ebay" crap either...
     
    #5 PhotoJones, Apr 18, 2006
  6. jaguarr

    jaguarr Be Your Own Hero

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    Exactly where do you you shine the laser to affect a light change?

    jag
     
    #6 jaguarr, Apr 18, 2006
  7. Immortalfire

    Immortalfire In the pale moonlight

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    What a moron. If you're "always running late", leave the house earlier. Geesh.
     
    #7 Immortalfire, Apr 18, 2006
  8. THWIP*

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    YOU'RE FULL OF S**T. :down:rolleyes:


    *RUNS OUT TO BUY LASER POINTER*
     
    #8 THWIP*, Apr 18, 2006
  9. PhotoJones

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    the clip that's on the cross-arm that supports the traffic light.
     
    #9 PhotoJones, Apr 18, 2006
  10. AndThePickles

    AndThePickles Kiss the girl

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    Hmm, I didn't know devices like that actually existed.
     
    #10 AndThePickles, Apr 18, 2006
  11. jaguarr

    jaguarr Be Your Own Hero

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    Interesting.

    jag
     
    #11 jaguarr, Apr 18, 2006
  12. sinewave

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    ambulances use those to clear a path to the hospital.
     
    #12 sinewave, Apr 18, 2006
  13. PhotoJones

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    it works. try it.
     
    #13 PhotoJones, Apr 18, 2006
  14. Addendum

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    Sweet. I just have to get some batteries. This will be fun :D
     
    #14 Addendum, Apr 18, 2006
  15. Elijya

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    hmm, should send this one in to snopes....
     
    #15 Elijya, Apr 18, 2006
  16. Whirlysplat

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    So cool and easily worth a $50 fine

    - Whirly
     
    #16 Whirlysplat, Apr 18, 2006
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