Finland's roadside toilets: now accessible only by SMS

by Darren Murph, posted Feb 5th 2008 at 1:05PM

While those in London can use SMS to actually find a lavatory, folks passing through Western Finland will be required to bust out their handset in order to relieve themselves in select public restrooms. In an attempt to curb vandalism, the Finnish Road Administration has implemented a system along Highway 1 which requires restroom visitors to text "Open" (in Finnish, of course) in order to let themselves in. The idea is that folks will be less likely to lose their mind and graffiti up the place knowing that their mobile number is (at least temporarily) on file, but it remains to be seen if uprooters will simply take their defacing ways elsewhere or actually excrete in peace.

[Via Switched]

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Tags: finland, sms, sms lock, SmsLock, text, text messages, text messaging, texting, TextMessages, TextMessaging, theft, toilet, toilets

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BlissX @ Feb 5th 2008 7:40PM

Imagine you text "Open" and you're doing your #2.

Here comes Billy and he proceeds to type onto his phone, 6736...

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