Maine drivers warned of zombie danger

(who can say how many lives were saved by this daring do gooder? Keeping public zombie awareness active is everyone’s duty.

So remember kids if you feel the zombie menace approaching you run around and yell “ZOMBIE!!!” as loud as you can, armed responders will be sent immediately to quell the threat.)

PORTLAND, Maine — 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/