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02/07/2007

How to: Change Traffic Lights

"Kipkay" shows us how to change traffic lights with just a few clicks of the crosswalk button. For those who've tried this, does it work? Video after the jump.

This entry was posted on 02/07/2007 05:47am and is filed under Science, Video .
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Posted at 02/07/2007 05:53am by D. Law
lol this is hilarious
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Posted at 02/07/2007 06:04am by Primo
I love Kipkay videos, trying this out tommorow :)
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Posted at 02/07/2007 07:21am by Joe
Probably fake...
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Posted at 02/07/2007 08:47am by Seb
By the time it takes to enter that code, the lights will have changed anyway!
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Posted at 02/07/2007 09:57am by Tom
I wonder if it works in the UK?
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Posted at 02/07/2007 10:16am by Jeff
Didn't work in Arizona. We tried it three times with two different people. Total bunk!
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Posted at 02/07/2007 10:49am by xor
urgh,we have like touch sensitive plates or smth here,won't work :(
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Posted at 02/07/2007 11:19am by eugenio
...while you are trying to remember the shot, press the button the right times, watch the light...it takes so much time that it's obvious that it turns green :P
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Posted at 02/07/2007 1:51pm by Kenny
I wait for green light here in Sweden. I do not want to look like a fool and press the button 11 times if it is a fake or just to cross a street. The button press a compination thing almost take longer time and is much more work than just wait :-D
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Posted at 02/07/2007 2:08pm by Paul
Who walks anyways?
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Posted at 02/07/2007 2:44pm by Simon
well so far lots of ppl went out and pressed the button. so this is a success!
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Posted at 02/07/2007 2:44pm by Brian Prince
Most of the "How to " videos on MetaCafe are fake (like the one purporting to show how to generate electricity with a pair of candles). People are exploiting the fact that MetaCafe pays based on how many people view a video.
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Posted at 02/07/2007 3:26pm by no se
J-Walking works too
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Posted at 02/07/2007 4:25pm by Foreigner
LOL. You have instructions on crosswalks in America?
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Posted at 02/07/2007 4:34pm by Tehrasha Darkon
Considering that alot of crosswalk buttons are 'fake' and not connected to any circuitry in the first place, and are only placed there as stress relievers. I say 'fake' on this as well.
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Posted at 02/07/2007 5:45pm by TheBugMan
I hear this only works with lights that have audio for blind.
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Posted at 02/07/2007 6:26pm by Jeff
The buttons are connected to circuitry though they rarely speed up the light switch. All they do is tell the light that someone is crossing the street. At the next light change the lights stay changed longer to let the people cross the street without having to run.
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Posted at 02/07/2007 9:41pm by hi
Dude, it's a scam. When he's pressing the buttons...the lights already changed to red by the time he finished. Rofl what an idiot
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Posted at 02/08/2007 00:35am by Please Remove
I work for a DOT and there is no such thing. The same as Google TV Beta and extend your WIFI with your cell phone and then add a "Dish" a bowl with tin foil. I love a good joke but someone needs to know when to say when, and this guy needs to be banished from the internet!
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Posted at 02/09/2007 07:05am by The Evil Eyebrow » Blog Archive » This Week in Traffic: 9 February 2007
[...] Someone claims that certain signal hardware can be forced to change phase by activating the pedestrian pushbutton in a specific manner. I’ll have to try it out and see. Thanks to Kristin for sending this to me. Hi Kristin! [...]
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Posted at 02/10/2007 05:21am by :O
"Dude, it’s a scam. When he’s pressing the buttons…the lights already changed to red by the time he finished. Rofl what an idiot" The light turns orange after he's done and then it turns red. Get your eyes checked, dumbass.
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Posted at 02/11/2007 3:05pm by boriz
I tried this on a legit crosswalk that dosen't change unless a car is waiting (motion sensor) or someone presses the button. It just dosen't work. End of story. You can't prove me wrong I tried this on more than one crosswalk in Toronto. Tried it many times to make sure. I can sleep soundly knowing that I have proven this wrong lol. It seriously takes at least 5 minutes for the crosswalk to change when the button is pressed cause I have to cross a small street intersecting a very busy street.
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