Stephen wrote:
> On 09/11/2012 8:51 PM, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
>> Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>
>>> Also: I'm pretty damned certain that no matter how much of an elite
>>> computer nerd you are, you *cannot* actually hack traffic lights. You
>>> know, seeing as they aren't controlled by a computer in the first
>>> place...
>>>
>>
>> Choreographing the Dance of Traffic Lights
>> By CATHERINE GREENMAN
>> Published: September 17, 1998
>>
>>
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/17/technology/choreographing-the-dance-of-traffic-lights.html
>>
>>
>>
>
> Balderdash and piffle!
> Can't possibly be so as he who knows everything says it isn't. ;-)
>

Oddly enough, it appears that Springfield, Missouri, started modernizing 
their traffic control at about the same time:
http://www.springfieldmo.gov/traffic/tmc.html

Also, page 66 of the following document suggests that even some quaint 
and colorful native communities on exotic, mysterious islands are 
beginning to take steps in this direction:
http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/transport/documents/Milton_Keynes_LTP3_Main_Report_Final_Draft_V10_JTH.pdf

;)

--Sherry Shaw

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