"Last Friday, an anonymous vandal hijacked two billboards in the Mile-High City that are usually devoted to announcing things like traffic delays, reminding state lawmakers and the traveling public alike that they are the traffic so many of them keep complaining about - but they could be a part of the solution, if just they got out of their cars and took another mode instead."
"Of course, the Denver vandal wasn't the first to take part in a little reversible urban graffiti - or to take advantage of the surprisingly lax security around variable messaging signs, which can seemingly be easily altered after accessing the control pad with a password that many communities don't even bother to change from its factory setting."
Anonymous vandals hijacked two variable roadside billboards in Denver to display the message 'Cars Ruin Cities.' One altered sign was located near the Colorado Capitol, and both appeared the same night as a live recording of 'The War on Cars' podcast. Variable-message signs often have weak security and factory default passwords, allowing easy remote alteration. Similar hijackings have occurred from New York City to Encinitas, producing messages ranging from playful traffic-reminders to crude jokes. Streetsblog created virtual, holiday-themed versions of such signs for safe sharing and explicitly discouraged readers from hacking real signs.
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