Daily Mail - Windermere Triangle

The Daily Mail newspaper reports on the street where cars refuse to unlock but it fails to mention the root cause - a bad choice of frequency for car key fobs.

Unlike the USA which chose a frequency of 315 MHz the UK decided on the unsuitable frequency of 433 MHz as a result the low specification key fobs can stop working when in the vicinity of licensed transmitters operating in the 420-450 MHz spectrum.

Many transmitters such as Tetra operate in this part of the radio spectrum and similar problems have been encountered across the country.

Read the Daily Mail story - Riddle of the 'Windermere Triangle', where cars mysteriously refuse to unlock
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250204/Mystery-
Windermere-Triangle-traffic-lights-decide-cars-unlock.html

BBC Video - Mystery of Windermere street where gadgets go haywire
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/february2010/
windermere.htm