Okay, Which One Of You Hacked The Queensland Road Signs?
We know it was one of you. All the pieces of the puzzle fit. I mean, what kind of person would find the idea of hacking into a digital road sign funny, if not a Gizmodian? Not to mention that we sort of mentioned just how easy the entire process was.I should point out that we don’t condone this kind of behaviour, no matter how much it makes us laugh. As the Ben Dillaway article on goldcoast.com.au points out, the prank has the “potential to kill”. Especially if the laughter overcomes your driving abilities and you end up driving off a cliff. Hey, it could happen.
On top of the “Nobody has ever loved you” message, the pranksters (you know who you are) also programmed in “All your signs are belong to us” and the fan favourite: “Warning Zombies ahead.”
So, as I’m sure the roads ministers around the country will agree with me, I hope that nobody else comes up with some witty comment that will cause inadvertent hilarity when hacked into a road sign…
[Goldcoast.com.au - Thanks Andrew!]
[Photo source: Michael Ross, Goldcoast.com.au]
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This is right near my school, although I didn’t see them yesterday when they were changed, although my friends told me about them. They were working as normal this morning.
haha, i’m sad i missed this. i’m assuming they will be changing the passwords from now on.
i must say, they should have billboards with random fun messages on highways that change weekly. when i used to do GC to bris everyday, i would have loved something like this to start my day.
that being said, what if there were ZOMBIES AHEAD???
That is a crack-up, I was just day dreaming about hacking one of those signs the other day. If you had your chance, what would you say?
Damn this was my idea! So are the passwords the same in Australia?
WARNING
RECESSION
AHEAD
I remember driving passed one once that had a few pixels broken and it ended up saying something like “Don’t piss in the wind”. I wish I had my camera with me…
There are two road signs in my area that are unhacked, one on a highway that I wouldn’t touch but one on a parkway that is literally just saying “expect slowdowns” it’s tempting…