3G phone masts cause cars to behave like sulky teenagers

VILLAGERS IN ye olde London hamlet of Meopham are blaming a 3G upgrade to a mobile phone mast for the mysterious behaviour of their cars.

Apparently since the upgrade, villager's cars have become possessed and have a mind of their own. Sometimes they lock their owners out, other times they just switch on their car alarms.

The local rag News Shopper is reporting how motorists have been locked out of their cars because of phone mast interference and a small mob is forming to force Vodafone to do something about its mast at Meopham train station.

Subaru has confirmed its cars can be affected by radiation from 3G masts, but the problem seems to affect all makes and models.

There is just one slight snag. The mast has been there for years, and there have been no problems before. Besides the mast operates at between 900 and 2,100 megahertz which is far above the range of key-fob remote controls which operate at around 300 megahertz.

According to Vodafone, the mast has not been upgraded to 3G either. So maybe the cars of Meopham just do not like their owners. Still that is local London for you, as you can read here. µ