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Dean has recently passed the driving test and is driving in his brand-new car on the open road on the barren hill. The weather is fair, there's nothing wrong with the car and there's nobody in the vicinity in the radius of 3 miles. Suddenly, he hears a repeating sound in short intervals he couldn't identify at first. After 10 seconds he realizes what the sound is and laughs to himself.
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« Reply #1 on: May 16th, 2005, 3:31pm » |
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The flapping of he new car's plastic seatcovers in the wind? |
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Re: Driver
« Reply #2 on: May 16th, 2005, 3:54pm » |
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mobile phone?
Radio?
Military firing range three miles away?
Voices in his head?
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The source of the sound is not within the car that isn't convertible nor it came from the distance bigger than 1 mile.
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Re: Driver
« Reply #4 on: May 17th, 2005, 5:21am » |
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He transported defective containers of dinitrogen monoxide (also known as "laughing gas").
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His phone rings. He remembers he gave his number to the attractive driving instructor with whom he did his driving test. She complimented how gently he manages the curves.
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alien
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I already said that the source of the sound is not within the car so no. 
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Re: Driver
« Reply #6 on: May 18th, 2005, 7:30am » |
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Do you consider light rain to be a fair weather?
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No.
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Re: Driver
« Reply #8 on: May 18th, 2005, 1:32pm » |
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Fireworks?
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alien
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Nope.
The source of the sound is within the perimeter of motorway.
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Re: Driver
« Reply #10 on: May 18th, 2005, 3:03pm » |
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Was the road absolutely flat? If the road has bumps every x meters, you might hear some noises. Often this happens on bridges.
Was the tire perfectly round?
Were the stripes on the road quite high, which he was driving over?
Is the fact that he has recently passed his driving exam important?
If so, is it because he made a minor mistake because of this, or because he was not yet used to that sound?
I don't know...
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Re: Driver
« Reply #11 on: May 18th, 2005, 4:59pm » |
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on May 18th, 2005, 3:03pm, Sjoerd Job Postmus wrote:| Was the road absolutely flat? If the road has bumps every x meters, you might hear some noises. |
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Ewww Dont remind me! I took I-29 through South Dakota two years ago, and just inside the southern border were evenly spaced bumps that went on for miles. Even though it only lasted for about 45 minutes, it was every bit as effective as the infamous "chinese water torture". Thump .... Thump .... Thump .... Thump ... ARRRGH! I CONFESS! I CONFESS!
If the interval is really short, then it could be nothing more than a pebble caught in the treads.
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Re: Driver
« Reply #12 on: May 18th, 2005, 5:31pm » |
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Clearly it's the sound of my mother in law as she slowly suffocates in the boot of Dean's car...
By the way everyone, this is my first post in about a year... I had a brief spurt of productivity a while back, but then work and other commitments scuppered my riddling...
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Re: Driver
« Reply #13 on: May 19th, 2005, 4:41am » |
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He sees a police car at the back signalling him to stop. He has been driving for years without a driving licence, and was always scared to be checked by the police. But he just passed the test this morning, so he is happy, ready to show his licence with a big smile.
Btw, it is never a good idea to smile exessively to a policeman, but that is another story.
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Quote:| Was the road absolutely flat? |
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Yes.
Quote:| Was the tire perfectly round? |
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Yes.
Quote:| Were the stripes on the road quite high, which he was driving over? |
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There weren't any stripes.
Quote:Is the fact that he has recently passed his driving exam important?
If so, is it because he made a minor mistake because of this, or because he was not yet used to that sound? |
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The sound was new to him.
Quote:| If the interval is really short, then it could be nothing more than a pebble caught in the treads. |
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The interval is short but there are no pebbles on the road so nothing got caught in the treads.
Quote:| Clearly it's the sound of my mother in law as she slowly suffocates in the boot of Dean's car... |
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Quote:| He sees a police car at the back signalling him to stop. |
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Dean was in the car by himself and alone on the road.
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Re: Driver
« Reply #15 on: May 19th, 2005, 7:43am » |
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Did he activated the windows wipers by mistake?
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No. 
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Re: Driver
« Reply #17 on: May 19th, 2005, 9:38am » |
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I'm at a loss!
Was it the sound of silence?
Was it the wind?
Is there a logical explenation?
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Re: Driver
« Reply #18 on: May 19th, 2005, 9:50am » |
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So maybe he activated the winker by mistake?
(note: I'm note sure if "winker" is right word. I mean those little lights on the side of the car that pulse to indicate turning.)
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The weather is fair without wind but you are on the right track.
Quote:| Is there a logical explenation? |
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Yes.
Quote:| So maybe he activated the winker by mistake? |
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He didn't do anything wrong.
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Re: Driver
« Reply #20 on: May 19th, 2005, 12:11pm » |
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since it was a new car
the baloons that are usually attached to the car were flopping while being draggd by the car
or the salesman was tied down in the trunk... trying to break free... or maybe it was his girlfriend and he was pulling a Peterson
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on May 19th, 2005, 12:11pm, baddab457 wrote:since it was a new car
the baloons that are usually attached to the car were flopping while being draggd by the car |
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It is a standard car: no balloons, no trailer with a horse in it, no rack on the roof, no nothing.
Quote:| or the salesman was tied down in the trunk... trying to break free... or maybe it was his girlfriend and he was pulling a Peterson |
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Nope.
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Re: Driver
« Reply #23 on: May 19th, 2005, 2:29pm » |
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on May 19th, 2005, 2:13pm, towr wrote:| Is it anything at all we could conceivably guess? |
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If we copied a dictionary in here, would it be in it?
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Was it cold, and was it a concrete road? In that case, there would be gaps due to thermal expansion and contraction at regular intervals 
Another possibility could be that Dean was driving on the light reflectorswhich also act as medians
I guess, the fact that the road is "flat" accounts for such anomalies...ah
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