I need one of these

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LONGMONT, Colo. - A man who said he bought a device that let him change traffic lights from red to green has received a $50 ticket on suspicion of interfering with a traffic signal.

Jason Niccum of Longmont told the Daily Times-Call that the device, which he bought on eBay for $100, helped him cut his time driving to work.

"I guess in the two years I had it, that thing paid for itself," he told the newspaper Wednesday.

Niccum was cited March 29 after police said they found him using a strobe-like device to change traffic signals.

"I'm always running late," police quoted Niccum as saying in an incident report.

The device, called an Opticon, is similar to what firefighters use to change lights when they respond to emergencies. It emits an infrared pulse that receivers on the traffic lights pick up.

Niccum was cited after city traffic engineers who noticed repeated traffic-light disruptions on certain intersections spotted a white Ford pickup passing by whenever the light patterns were disrupted.

City traffic engineer Joe Olson said traffic engineers plan to update the city's Opticon system this year to block unauthorized light-changing signals.

Back in the day, I used to have a system called The Judge and The Jury. The Judge was a radar detector. It would determine the type and stregnth of the radar signal then trigger The Jury to send out a false reply. Worked like a charm until they started using lazer.

[Nilsen]

I'd like one of those. I could set up a towing company right next door to a set of lights and make a bundle!

[Larokkit]

when the opticom changes the light green ,the cross street lights turn red.
      we have them in our rigs that run down town mostly.

[Airscrew]

I thought those devices only worked on traffic lights that were equiped with the infared detector?  I've only noticed a few lights around Austin with them like the light across the street from the fire department on Braker near Lamar.

[Larokkit]

mostly they are downtown,like 6th st., its just a little black receptor near the light ,the storbe on the truck is a specific pattern.  the dispatchers also have control and can change the lights but only in some downtown areas.