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Control Traffic Lights to Change When you Want Them to

Posted in AV by Dan at 8:59 am
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Oh, this is bound to piss some people off! In a hurry? With a few clicks of a traffic button, you can control traffic! Worked in my town, anybody else have any luck? [Thanks for the video JP]

11 Responses to “Control Traffic Lights to Change When you Want Them to”

  1. viperguy says:

    Cool… but how did he find out that complex combination?

  2. Alex B says:

    I am in Los Angeles… when would I ever be standing at a crosswalk? But thanks, I’ll keep this in mind.

  3. annon says:

    Maybe it just takes so long to do the combination that the light naturally changes by its self

  4. 5tifler says:

    hahahaha I was thinking the same thing!!!

    it took like 15 seconds to change anyways! lol

  5. R031E5 says:

    Agree, very VERY cool hack, but how did you find out the combination?

    Dig d it!

  6. Dan says:

    I dunno – the video was sent to me as a tip – sourcing information was not included.

  7. Jeffy says:

    Actually there used to be a site with the crosswalk combinations for different versions of crosswalks buttons all around the world but it got taken down. There’s always MIRTs though! I made one of these myself…here’s a link below, but they’re VERY illegal so use/build at your own risk.

    http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/176/44/

    BTW, the schematics are wrong on the main site, you have to become a member to get the right ones.

  8. Justin says:

    i’ll try this tom. as i am a los angelan minus reliable transportation atm.

  9. Myke says:

    I always believed those buttons are just to give impatient people something to do while they wait for the light to change…

    And again here is a perfect example of that.

  10. Gaber says:

    I tried this today. No worky for me.

  11. Justin says:

    ditto. doesn’t work

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