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Road Signs Hacked With Zombie Warning, Comedy Ensues

by Evan Shamoon on January 30, 2009 at 11:18 AM



This soooo should have been a scene in 'Revenge of the Nerds.'

On Wednesday, someone was able to hack into a road safety sign in the Boston area, alerting drivers to the undead. It's been done before, but never so hilariously!

According to the blog i-hacked.com, some road signs are easily hacked thanks to unlocked instrument panels and an easily accessible text-entry system. And while in the hands of a hilarious nerd it's no problem, one can imagine the chaos that could be started should the wrongs hands get to them. To see some other examples of hacked signs (and some other signs that are just plain messed up), click on the gallery below. [From: CNET]

Wacky Sign Hacks and Mistakes

    In 2008, a group of students at MIT pasted funny "DANGER" signs all around campus. Even the school's Visual Arts Center can't escape the ubiquitous Rickroll.

    Hackers, seemingly pushing a pro-green agenda, figured out how to change the messages displayed on signs at the University of Toronto in Canada.

    On first glance, this sign appears to offer up a normal set of bilingual directions. If you read Welsh, you may notice the problem -- the bottom translates to "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated." Looks like someone was slacking on the job, and the e-mail away message ended up pasted onto a sign.

    This construction sign on the MIT campus was hacked in 2007 to alert drivers first that the sign had been hacked. The sequence was followed with, "Mass ave bridge closed," "Sunday 04/22/07 6am-3pm," and "to appease Godzilla."

    This street sign in Reno City, Nevada was modded by the Glenn Group, an advertising company. While at first it doesn't seem to have anything to do with traffic, it may have helped combat road rage.

Tags: funny, top, traffic, travel, weird, zombies

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