Monday, June 11, 2007
Önly in Österreich
Just back from a few days at Lake Garda in Italy. The drive there takes us across the Brenner Pass, and fearful of long weekend queues at the toll booths, I registered and paid online in advance for the "Video Maut" - which uses number-plate recognition.
On the outbound trip, the only hitch was that the longest line was for ... the Video Maut booth.
On the return trip, the longest line was for ... the Video Maut booth.
But then - a hitch. Our car registration wasn't recognised - the barrier dropped and we were diverted to a toll booth to explain ourselves and pay up.
Shurely shome mishtake, I suggested.
Oh no, came the answer: it's quite common that the system doesn't recognize umlauts in vehicle registrations. In Österreich of all places. Perhaps only in Austria!
On the outbound trip, the only hitch was that the longest line was for ... the Video Maut booth.
On the return trip, the longest line was for ... the Video Maut booth.
But then - a hitch. Our car registration wasn't recognised - the barrier dropped and we were diverted to a toll booth to explain ourselves and pay up.
Shurely shome mishtake, I suggested.
Oh no, came the answer: it's quite common that the system doesn't recognize umlauts in vehicle registrations. In Österreich of all places. Perhaps only in Austria!
# posted by Nesjo : 11:30
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