Calif. city looks for tech-savvy prankster
An AP newswire report on MSNBC reveals that:
A tech-savvy prankster has been tampering with traffic lights in this Silicon Valley town [Sunnyvale], turning them off and rejigging wires so the lights flash red in all directions.
The prankster also has surreptitiously turned traffic lights to face the wrong way, mixed up the audible crosswalk signals that help guide the blind and thrown off the timing of lights to delay drivers.
City officials have launched a publicity campaign in hopes of thwarting the unknown crafty engineer, who has evaded the law for months.
The trickster has been performing antics for three months and has used a key to open control boxes and reprogram the lights. Most audaciously, he or she recently used a cherry-picker truck to turn an overhead signal across a busy intersection — but no residents or city officials reported any unusual activity.
posted by Fergie @ 6/23/2005 07:30:00 AM
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