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First published May 9, 2008

SOME time ago I decided to change radio stations for my drive to work.

BBC Radio 5 seemed to have turned into a phone-in show for people who are angry about, well, just about everything.

So I switched to Radio 1.

The main advantage of this is it makes me feel young (which, in relative terms, I can just about claim to be) and trendy (which I'm definitely not).

So now I don't have to listening to Mr Rant from Romford banging on about how illegal immigrants have eaten his house, leaving him, Mrs Rant and their two little Rants homeless.

Instead, I get Girls Aloud.

Which, while not exactly intellectually stimulating, does put me in a generally sunnier mood than the phone-in whingers.

Excepts for one thing.

There are a few pop songs - including one by Girls Aloud, which I don't know the name of but is pretty catchy - that feature samples of what sound like police sirens.

Now if you're sitting at home listening to the radio, that's not a problem.

You might look out of the window to see if there's anything going on but it's no great inconvenience.

Driving along the A12 in the outside lane, the sound of what you think are police sirens has rather a different effect.

Am I holding them up? Am I about to be pulled over?

It takes a few second to realise there's no 999 - just Girls Aloud.

There are two possible solutions to this.

The first is to start listening to my own music from an mp3 player instead. But this eliminates any chance of feeling trendy and I don't get to catch up on what's going on by hearing news bulletins.

The second is to go for Radio 4. But the time I travel seems to be documentary hour, so if it's a very dull topic I'm liable to be distracted from the driving by my own yawning.

So I suppose I'll have to stick with Girls Aloud... sirens and all.

9:14am Friday 9th May 2008

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