A mystery phenomenon that has left motorists in a popular tourist town unable to unlock their cars has been solved. For around 18 months, drivers parking up in one of the Lake District town’s busiest shopping areas have found their electric key-fobs will not work. Telecom watchdog OFCOM decided to investigate and sent field engineer Dave Thornber to Windermere with specilist scanning equipment. He discovered that motorists’ key fobs were being jammed because they were on the same wiresless frequency as the till in the nearby Lazy Daisy Lakeland Kitchen cafe. Mr Thornber said:”People thought it was a spook or some newly installed traffic lights but it is the till and the way waiting onstaff imput meal orders.” He added: ” We used what is called a spectrum analyser to make a sweep of the locality.” “The source of the interference was a wirless order taker in the cafe. “The device used the same frequency as modern car key fobs which operate central locking.” “The key fobs use a very low power source to protect the life of the batteries inside and so their use was drowned out by the power of Lazy Daisy.” More Previous
(AD Suggests ~ If residents have to go to such measures to help calm the traffic, perhaps the authorites should be taking the lead in improving road safety. This countrry seems to go overboard with petty health and safety issues, but doesn`t always takle the serious issues.)
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