Thursday, 11 October 2012

Maine drivers warned of zombie danger

In a photo provided by WGME/TV, a sign at a road construction site was changed by a hacker to read "Warning Zombies Ahead!" in Portland, Maine, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. It originally read "Night work 8 pm-6 am. Expect delays." Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an electronic message board in Maine warning of zombies, but city officials were not amused. (AP Photo/Jeff Peterson, WGME/TV)

In a photo provided by WGME/TV, a sign at a road construction site was changed by a hacker to read "Warning Zombies Ahead!" in Portland, Maine, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. It originally read "Night work 8 pm-6 am. Expect delays." Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an electronic message board in Maine warning of zombies, but city officials were not amused. (AP Photo/Jeff Peterson, WGME/TV)

(AP) ? Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an electronic message board in Maine warning of zombies, but city officials were not amused.

The sign at a Portland road construction site was changed by a hacker to read "Warning Zombies Ahead!" on Wednesday morning. It originally read "Night work 8 pm-6 am. Expect delays."

City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg says the signs are a safety precaution and changing it could have led to driver distraction.

She tells The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/SSDZ51) tampering with a safety device is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

She says it's not clear who changed the sign, but it's not the first time it has happened.

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Information from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/aa9398e6757a46fa93ed5dea7bd3729e/Article_2012-10-11-Zombie%20Warning/id-162e9aa6762341afa779d5a849bfcacb

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