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Old 31-12-07, 07:27 AM   #1
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Whilst checking the newspapers online this morning I found an article on website which has been created to name and shame mobile phone users.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...icle634216.ece


Around 1,500 drivers have been named and shamed for using a mobile phone at the wheel by other motorists on a new website.

http://www.betterdrivingplease.com/index3.asp


So I clicked on 'View Reports' on the left of the screen and some sad case had reported a bike with a small number plate! What has a small plate got to do with better driving?


What do members think of the website?
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Old 31-12-07, 08:29 AM   #2
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What do I think? It's just some web-head exploiting the curtain-twitching nature of the public in order to create revenue somehow.

As there is no need for proof to substatiate the claims made, and no follow-up this site will achieve nothing positive for road users.
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Old 31-12-07, 08:52 AM   #3
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Default Re: Want to name and shame bad drivers?

this got a welcome reception over at visordown a few weeks ago...


oh wait, is that how it happened?


http://www.visordown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=367935


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Old 31-12-07, 09:03 AM   #4
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I wonder how many people will look just to see if their registration number is on there?

Ours isn't
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Old 31-12-07, 09:04 AM   #5
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I feel like regestering, just to put something along the lines of:

Driver seen getting close to vehicle in front, with a pen and paper in hand, seemingly writing down the number plate.
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Old 31-12-07, 09:05 AM   #6
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I wonder how many people will look just to see if their registration number is on there?

Ours isn't
yeah, i'm not trying hard enough apparently
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Old 31-12-07, 09:09 AM   #7
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It's amusing that the section for reporting GOOD driving has very little in it..............people would far rather report the bad than the good it seems. I wish I'd got the reg of the motorhome yesterday that spotted us at the top of the hill and didn't pull out of a junction, even thought he would have had plenty of time. He got a thank you
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Brilliant.............

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None of you lot then - a good report:

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On this 60mph limit road wide enough for 2 cars to pass with ease, this BIKER abided to both 60 open road, then village 30mph limits
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Sorry, last one - just made me laugh:

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This motorbike rider exited the roundabout so fast and low, his knee virtually scraped the ground!
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