No, they wouldn't. All they would need is traffic cameras to catch people using them illegally. Traffic lights changing before their normal interval to give a green light before they are supposed to is a dead giveaway. All it would take is for somebody at a traffic control center to catch the irregularities and establish a pattern to find out who it is because ultimately, your friends are probably stupid enough to use them all over town.
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No, they wouldn't. All they would need is traffic cameras to catch people using them illegally. Traffic lights changing before their normal interval to give a green light before they are supposed to is a dead giveaway. All it would take is for somebody at a traffic control center to catch the irregularities and establish a pattern to find out who it is because ultimately, your friends are probably stupid enough to use them all over town.
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How would a traffic camera ID the car with the device? Everyone in that direction of travel would be going through the intersection, not just one car.
you’re taking some big leaps there. Unless there is something glaringly obvious about your car, they wouldn’t notice it and any anomaly would be chalked up to system glitch. And a lot of places don’t have anything like a traffic control center. The lights are programmed and then no one pays attention until it’s time for a new study or something breaks. I’ve frequently had to call in failed signals because no one knew.
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A few friends have been using the high priority strobe transmitters with IR filters for probably 30yrs and so far no problems. One guy has worn out his strobe unit and I gave him a few spares.
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I pointed out back in 2006 that true authentication is absent from these traffic control systems.
:I pointed out back in 2006 that true authentication is absent from these traffic control systems.
IR shows on digital cameras. Use the camera on your phone to check the remote control for your TV, it shows just fine. (Someone actually looking at the camera displays is another matter.)
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