Site Snaps And Shames Bad Drivers

[Thaising]

Are you bad driver? If so, then beware - you may appear on http://www.drivedd.com, a new site which allows users to share pictures of less-disciplined driving.

Drivedd.com, representative Anirut Titiyangkul said the aim of the site is to encourage more responsible driving behaviour and habits.

The website is open to everybody to register and upload pictures. Members will have their own personal page, on which visitors will be able to leave picture comment.

Using web 2.0 technologies already employed by blogs, RSS, Google Maps and social networking sites such as Twitter, Exif Module will be used on DriveDD to recognise where the pictures were taken. The site will also soon support iPhone, allowing users to upload pictures from their handsets.

Pictures posted on the site should increase road safety, responsibility and awareness. DriveDD expects that its contribution the problem within three years.

The site has been open just over a month and attracted 20,000 visitors in its first week. This was above expectations but the site owners are ready to upgrade the system to support more traffic.

Currently, the site has more than 200 registered users and already hosts some 40,000 pictures showing interesting areas and incidents.

The site also helps traffic officers and others who may have a vested interest in problem areas to gain a better understanding of the regions and thus handle problems better.

In the future, Anirut expects this website will encourage further development of Government 2.0 through its role in providing information and evidence for traffic management and transportation system issues.

"We are doing this as a social service," he said, "so we hope to receive sponsorship in order to run a sustainable operation."

-- Bangkok Post 19th August 2009

[harrry]

I hope you keep at least one had on the wheel while taking the photo.

[Sherlocke]

These sites have been and gone all over the world - they are totally ineffective and simply a portal for spite. How can there possibly be a connection between a set of random photos and safer driving??

It simply underlines how little these people know about road safety.

[crisp]

I guess i'll be on the site all the time!

I don't ride my bike in the inside lane, because i've found it unsafe to do so, much safer in the second & sometimes third lanes.

Ride safe

Chris