[sustran] Re: Indian Cops Using Facebook To Monitor Traffic Violations

[Rhys Thom]

TheCityFix recently wrote this post on Delhi Traffic Police's crowd-sourced
solution to traffic violations monitoring -

http://bit.ly/cd2nLM

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On 8/5/10 8:25 AM, "Todd Edelman" <edelman at greenidea.eu> wrote:

> Indian Cops Using Facebook To Monitor Traffic Violations
> 
> New Delhi¹s traffic police have found a new way to issue tickets; they
> have created a page on Facebook where its Œfans¹ (read: motorists plying
> on Delhi roads) can post images of vehicles violating traffic rules. The
> cops then determine if the violation was legit and issue a ticket based
> on the vehicle¹s number plate. So far, they have issued over 600 tickets
> by monitoring their Facebook page. Whether the initiative is abused by
> people looking for retribution needs to be seen.
> 
> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/indian-cops-using-facebook-to-monitor-traffic-viol
> ations.html