From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 11:56:45 MST
I know this is quite serious, but I just couldn't "pass this one" up
(pardon the pun)
>Toddler is 'human immobiliser'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2534689.stm
>A mother left stranded after her one-year-old son ate a vital component of
>her car key managed to start the vehicle by holding him over the wheel.
I guess this makes this kid an "anti-Pamper" device.
>A quick-thinking RAC patrolman suggested the ingenious solution after
>working out that toddler Oscar Webster had swallowed a radio transponder
>from the key.
>Unless this is close to the steering column when the driver attempts to
>start the car, nothing will happen.
>The tiny part, which was only the size of an aspirin, managed to make
>contact with the car's immobiliser - even though it was passing through
>the tot's stomach at the time.
>It has since re-emerged with no harm done to Oscar.
Sounds to me like she was using the Master key, which is not advised. Most
imobilizers will allow the programming of extra keys using this key. I'm
sure she'll be investing in one now:)
And we thought Kevin Warwick was "potty"...
Hey, I'm Irish. So sue me..
James...
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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