Download this page in PDF formatI love Car Wars™. As far as I’m concerned, forget all the adventure books, Car Wars was the pinnacle of Steve Jackson Games‘ portfolio. Uncle Albert was my hero, and I would have gone bankrupt outfitting at his stores.
So it’s particularly heart-warming to discover that someone, somewhere, at the Prince George’s County State Highway Commission must share my love for this wonderful game. I mean, only someone as warped as myself in that regard come have come up with the following piece of crossing equipment.
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Now when drivers think they have an easy mark in pedestrians crossing the highway, they’re in for a rude surprise as the twin servo-controlled cannons on either side of the street lay down a hail of depleted-uranium lead in their path ensuring safe passage for those who still believe in truth, justice, and the american way of crossing the street!
Erm, hang on – scrub that last bit, since the american way of crossing the street is also called jaywalking. They’re just out of luck!.
OK, some honest background – our local county council has been embarked on a huge road improvements project for a while now, including revamping and repairing traffic islands and crossing systems. There’s 8 button boxes around the junction this video was taken at, but that one box is the only one to make machine gun noises instead of a more traditional beep.
So who was I to resist the temptation to reimagine it?
Thanks PG County SHA – as usual, your idea of improvements are debatable, but at least for once we get a laugh out of one 
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