BILL WOULD PUT BRAKES ON LIGHT CHANGERS.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - Legislation will be introduced today that would make it illegal for the public to purchase devices that change traffic signals from red to green. Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Dario Frommer Dario Frommer (born October 22, 1963 in Long Beach, California) was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. , D-Glendale, is introducing a bill that would allow only emergency and transit agencies to buy and use mobile infrared transmitters A chrome box, also known as a Mobile Infrared Transmitter (MIRT), is a traffic preemption device that communicates from a vehicle to a traffic signal. Detectors are located next to traffic signals at intersections. - devices easily found for sale on the Internet for as little as $110, with few safeguards ensuring that they are purchased by authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal . ``These devices have the potential to wreak wreak tr.v. wreaked, wreak·ing, wreaks 1. To inflict (vengeance or punishment) upon a person. 2. To express or gratify (anger, malevolence, or resentment); vent. 3. havoc on city streets, endangering the lives of other drivers and pedestrians,'' Frommer said. ``This bill will ensure that only authorized vehicles can be equipped with such dangerous technology.'' Local law enforcement officials support the proposed legislation. ``I think it could be disastrous if that device gets in the wrong hands,'' said Officer Leticia Chang, spokeswoman for the Glendale Police Department. ``We think it's a good tool for emergency personnel.'' The city of Glendale, Glendale police and fire departments will join Frommer today at Parcher Plaza behind City Hall at 10:30 a.m. as he unveils the legislation. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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