The Mobal World Phone Story Of The Month
"They looked at each other and thought they hit the mother load of terrorist activity in progress..."
There are so many lessons you can learn from Dr. Deak's story, I don't know where to start!
* Don't speed in your rental car
* Don't be cheeky to French or Italian police
* Don't have boot full of suspcious looking electronic devises
And...
* Don't travel without your Mobal World Phone.
To learn these lessons, read the whole tragi-comedy of Dr. Deak's story here...
"Hi Michael,
As a matter of fact I did have a very serious then funny incident whilst traveling through Europe.
I have a high tech company in Brooklyn, NY and I had business all throughout Europe. I found myself at the entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel 11.7 km long. The entrance is in Italy, but the exit is in France. I paid 32 Euro Dollars to go through the 2 lane tunnel with a speed limit of 70 km/hr.
Well I usually try my best to drive the speed limit +/- a few kms.
As I was halfway through I noticed a flash of light going off behind me and thought it was some tourist wanting to get a shot of the tunnel inside to boast to mates, etc. Moments later another flash set off thoughts of how those bloody tourists could waste time taking photos of a tunnel; buy a post card is my motto.
When I finally exited the tunnel, there standing on the side of the road were two policemen, one Italian, one French officer.
They waved me to pull over and the Italian announced that I was speeding through Mont Blanc Tunnel and wanted to see my driver's license and proof of rental.
First they inspected my luggage and asked me where I was traveling from, I said Milan on business. I am the inventor of a battery-less and wireless remote electrical control switch that I am licensing to several companies in the UK and EU and I had a lot of strange looking electronic devices and samples of various components all very foreign looking to the untrained eye.
When they looked at the items they looked at each other and thought they hit the mother load of terrorist activity in progress. I thought I hope the bloody hell they don't come up with the idea that I was trying to blow Mont Blanc.
They inquired if I could prove what I said. The only thing that entered my mind was that I happened to have stored the Director of Engineering of this Italian company in my Mobal World Phone, it was about 10:30 PM and I hoped he would answer.
I pleaded with him to verify my purpose to the police, which he did as he spoke with the Italian officer.
They were completely satisfied and the Italian officer then wrote me a ticket for speeding at 75 km/hr for 35 Euro Dollars, I paid cash.
As I was getting up to leave the French officer said: "Not so fast monsieur, you wer also speeding at 72 km/hr through the French side of the tunnel and that will cost you 45 Euro Dollars. I said why 45 is it because France had more square miles then Italy?
He wasn't amused, I paid the 45 in cash, repacked my luggage and was on my way.
Bon Voyage! I hope you enjoyed how Mobal saved my posterior."
Cheers, Dr. David Deak, CEO
There are so many lessons you can learn from Dr. Deak's story, I don't know where to start!
* Don't speed in your rental car
* Don't be cheeky to French or Italian police
* Don't have boot full of suspcious looking electronic devises
And...
* Don't travel without your Mobal World Phone.
To learn these lessons, read the whole tragi-comedy of Dr. Deak's story here...
"Hi Michael,
As a matter of fact I did have a very serious then funny incident whilst traveling through Europe.
I have a high tech company in Brooklyn, NY and I had business all throughout Europe. I found myself at the entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel 11.7 km long. The entrance is in Italy, but the exit is in France. I paid 32 Euro Dollars to go through the 2 lane tunnel with a speed limit of 70 km/hr.
Well I usually try my best to drive the speed limit +/- a few kms.
As I was halfway through I noticed a flash of light going off behind me and thought it was some tourist wanting to get a shot of the tunnel inside to boast to mates, etc. Moments later another flash set off thoughts of how those bloody tourists could waste time taking photos of a tunnel; buy a post card is my motto.
When I finally exited the tunnel, there standing on the side of the road were two policemen, one Italian, one French officer.
They waved me to pull over and the Italian announced that I was speeding through Mont Blanc Tunnel and wanted to see my driver's license and proof of rental.
First they inspected my luggage and asked me where I was traveling from, I said Milan on business. I am the inventor of a battery-less and wireless remote electrical control switch that I am licensing to several companies in the UK and EU and I had a lot of strange looking electronic devices and samples of various components all very foreign looking to the untrained eye.
When they looked at the items they looked at each other and thought they hit the mother load of terrorist activity in progress. I thought I hope the bloody hell they don't come up with the idea that I was trying to blow Mont Blanc.
They inquired if I could prove what I said. The only thing that entered my mind was that I happened to have stored the Director of Engineering of this Italian company in my Mobal World Phone, it was about 10:30 PM and I hoped he would answer.
I pleaded with him to verify my purpose to the police, which he did as he spoke with the Italian officer.
They were completely satisfied and the Italian officer then wrote me a ticket for speeding at 75 km/hr for 35 Euro Dollars, I paid cash.
As I was getting up to leave the French officer said: "Not so fast monsieur, you wer also speeding at 72 km/hr through the French side of the tunnel and that will cost you 45 Euro Dollars. I said why 45 is it because France had more square miles then Italy?
He wasn't amused, I paid the 45 in cash, repacked my luggage and was on my way.
Bon Voyage! I hope you enjoyed how Mobal saved my posterior."
Cheers, Dr. David Deak, CEO
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