Traffic Light Switcher Makes Critics See Red

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday November 5, 2003 @02:19PM from the green-for-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to a Yahoo/Washington Post article: 'It sounds like a suffering commuter's dream come true: a dashboard device that changes red traffic lights to green at the touch of a button. Police, fire and rescue vehicles have had access to such equipment for years, but now the devices are becoming available to ordinary motorists thanks to advances in technology and a little help from the Internet. Safety advocates are outraged, and news accounts in Michigan last week led to politicians there seeking a ban on the gadgets'." Update: 11/06 02:25 GMT by S : A previous Slashdot story mentions the device, though not the Michigan legislature's subsequent ire.

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uh, this is dupe right? by Agent+Orange · 2003-11-05 14:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/27/003625 4&mode=nested&tid=126&tid=137&tid=159&tid= 186

although the previous story was from the detroit times...

The Yahoo story even references the detroit times story:

" In Michigan, a story about the devices in the Detroit News last week prompted state Sen. Tony Stamas (R) to promise that he would introduce legislation to make it illegal to possess such equipment."