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Changer - USA - Massachusetts bill targets traffic-light changers
MASS.,USA -Land Line Magazine/G.Valley,Miss. -2005 Aug 05: -- A bill in the Massachusetts Legislature would outlaw devices that can change some traffic signals from red to green... A traffic-light changer is designed to allow police, fire and other emergency officials to clear intersections before they approach. But some drivers have managed to purchase them on the Internet for less than a couple of hundred dollars... When a signal changer on a traffic light detects an approaching emergency vehicle equipped with the device, the light responds accordingly. If the light is red, the signal changer will immediately give vehicles in other directions a yellow light, followed by a red light. The emergency vehicle will get a green light until it passes through the intersection...
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