Lights, no action

Staff writer
22 Feb 2011
00:00

Johannesburg thieves have found a source of unlimited free calls for their cellphones - SIM cards inserted in traffic lights.

 

The Guardian says that about 600 high-tech lights in the city have SIM cards that alert authorities via GPRS to malfunctioning traffic lights. Thieves, apparently with inside information, have hit two-thirds of the lights (which look exactly like conventional lights), taking the SIM cards.

 www.guardian.co.uk/

 

A spokesman for the Johannesburg Road Authority says, "They know which signals to target. They clearly have information." 

 

Since a repair costs $3,000, the South African city is discontinuing the program but conducting an internal investigation to find out how the SIM lights are being targeted.

  

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