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UPDATE: ‘Bikesy’ Strikes Again — Road Sign Hacked With ‘Cars are Scary’ Halloween Message!

New message board hacking, just in time for Halloween.

By Gersh Kuntzman

11:42 AM EDT on October 31, 2019

UPDATE: ‘Bikesy’ Strikes Again — Road Sign Hacked With ‘Cars are Scary’ Halloween Message!

The Halloween-themed hacking. Photo: Bikesy

Update: After initial publication of this story, a spokeswoman for the Department of Transportation told Streetsblog: “These are not DOT’s [message] boards. We’ve spoken to the project manager here and looks like they will be reprogramming them.” Well, there goes the fun — see below for what you missed:

A tipster identifying him or herself as “Bikesy,” who may or may not be the person who has been hacking electric signboards to put cars in their proper deadly context, has sent over the latest example of rebranding driving: a highway message board on Eastern Parkway near the entrance to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (see photos below).

Gersh Kuntzman

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is archived here.

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