At 01:59 PM 3/30/03 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: >Any group of Pranksters willing to buy a bunch of orange traffic cones >and some sawhorses and a few dozen credible-looking street construction signs >could do almost as well without even a large group support group, >if they got out early in the morning, and if drivers decide to >collapse the waveform by ignoring all such cones and signs, >there's be weeks of chaos afterwards until >drivers get back in the habit of obeying.
Nice persistance on that social DoS, real VX quality. Playing routing games with that kind of (rolling) traffic, that's cute. PS Bill: How did management like the news channels calling the Baghdad CO an "AT&T Building" :-) Here's an altruistic use of roadsign spoofage: http://www.nbc4.tv/news/1448667/detail.html Artist Redesigns Freeway Sign To Help LA Drivers Caltrans Alerted By Newspaper POSTED: 10:43 a.m. PDT May 9, 2002 UPDATED: 1:26 p.m. PDT May 10, 2002 LOS ANGELES -- A frustrated artist upset over a confusing freeway sign scaled the sign and added directions. Richard Ankrom (pictured left), 46, worked on his project during the day as thousands of motorists passed. Ankrom wore a hard hat and an orange reflective vest and even cut his hair to avoid raising suspicion from transportation crews and police. The artist built and installed the directions to help motorists make a smooth transition from the Harbor Freeway to northbound Interstate 5, located near downtown. By plastering the "North 5" moniker on the existing sign, Ankrom not only followed state specifications but also showed that art can make a difference. <snip>
