$300 “MIRT” Device Changes Traffic Lights from Red to Green
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When I was a little kid, my father would do the dad trick of pretending he could make the traffic lights turn green when we were driving. Somehow he always knew when they were going to turn. (Hey, I wasn’t always a snide know-it-all!) But even after adulthood revealed that sitting in lights is something none of us can control, here’s word of a $300 device called a MIRT that promises to make lights green with the simple press of a button.
Apparently many traffic lights are built with hidden transmitters the police and fire departments can use to beam a signal and change the lights to green for safer passage through intersections. But thanks to the internet, cheapo knock-offs are being sold online. It is also now a federal crime to own one, but here’s some info from the world of MIRTs on how the technology works.
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Me
January 28th, 2008
at 9:31am
Okay, this is no urban myth. It’s true. And although they sell for about $300, they can be made for under $20. The thing is, unless you’re an ambulance or such and have permission to have it, you can be jailed for a while and fined up to $10,000 for using or selling it. And in many states, the same can happen for owning it.
me again
January 28th, 2008
at 9:32am
And to add, the sensors are far from hidden. Some lights don’t have them. Cheap knockoffs? No. Just illegal. See i-hacked.com.