Published Date:
12 March 2004
The Tetra communications system – already under fire over potential health risks – faces a new controversy, with a Chichester businessman claiming it brought his car to a standstill.
Gary Smith said the mast at Chichester police station immobilised his car alarm system, and he had since learned that this had become a major problem for leading manufacturers of the alarms.
His troubles started when he parked his new Toyota Celica GT4 outside the Basin Road postal depot, opposite the police station, to collect a letter.
When he returned to the car, his Sigma M30 immobiliser refused to allow him to start the vehicle.
Airwave spokeswoman Sue Moore said problems like this could arise when a car alarm was operating on a frequency which was not regulated.
"Our frequencies are regulated by Ofcom, and we have to keep to them," she said. "The problem happens when an alarm is operating on a frequency it is not supposed to be on."
For the full story see the Chichester Observer on March 11.
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