I don't have the time to do this, but maybe someone out there does? Feel free to take this idea.
A web site with user accounts that has a location field (area code?). The ability to, via text message, email, or a function on the site, to submit a license plate of a bad driver. The license plates are grouped according locations like Los Angeles, or states. The state might be set in the user's account, a default state for submissions maybe?
There would be a few false positives, naturally, but the real offenders would show up. This might even be a more useful site for bike riders and pedestrians.
I can also imagine there could be discussion beneath each license plate entry.
samuel
http://www.baddrivers.org/
so like this. but with a better interface.
sunday
april, 25 2004
Andre Torrez
Well that was simple. I even searched Google.
Yeah, I suppose so.
Strangely, after seeing it done I feel less excited by the idea. That one is geared toward persecution versus my goal of providing a place for people to vent over similar perpetrators. I didn't really intend vigilantism. Kinda gross.
sunday
april, 25 2004
xianc
very germanic idea
monday
april, 26 2004
_highatus
Back in the day I had the idea of developing a local CB network kinda thingy (I'm not very technical) that would allow you to communicate with other cars in your immediate area by dialing their license plate number -- something like CAABC1234. Until I decided that people would probably use it to gripe at and threaten each other, and it would ultimately do more harm than good.
monday
april, 26 2004
Andre Torrez
Yeah, after I saw baddrivers.org I realized it could easily be used for evil. I had just hoped it would be a sort of support forum for people to commiserate over a bad driver, not to form a death squad.
monday
april, 26 2004