by peter365 » Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:22 pm
Earnest
Whatsapp cause a sound which you imagine is the sound of the engine? So that you accelerate thinking that the bar will open and instead is a wa message/notification? That'll do nicely......
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I noticed something while driving the other week. I have an eToll reader on my car so I can go through motorway tollbooths without having to hand money over. There's a separate lane for eToll customers. On approaching the barrier the sensor picks up the signal from the little gizmo on my windscreen and the barrier lifts. A beeping noise is heard in the car indicating that the barrier will open and that the cost of the toll has been deducted from my account.
Every now and again the sensor doesn't work and you have to go through one of the manual booths.
Approaching one such toll recently i received a Whatsapp message from one of my brothers and I noticed that my tone alert for incoming messages is exactly the same sound as the beep made by the automated tollbooth.
In my mind one could be really unlucky and arrive at a non working eToll booth , get a message notification and plough straight into the non-working barrier.
Of course it's always advisable to assume the worst and approach the barrier slowly but I must confess to being a bit of a chancer when it comes to this . It annoys my wife no end when I approach quickly on the basis that the barrier will lift.
I'm 47 so I'll take whatever little bit of excitement is available.
The puzzle title is a lyric from 'Driving in my Car' by Madness.
Thanks for playing.