Indian Police Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw Drivers

New Delhi police have a new weapon in the battle against bad drivers, Facebook. Two months ago the police created a Facebook page that allowed people to inform on others breaking traffic laws, and upload pictures of the violations. The page has more than 17,000 fans, and 3,000 pictures currently. From the article: "The online rap sheet was impressive. There are photos of people on motorcycles without helmets, cars stopped in crosswalks, drivers on cellphones, drivers in the middle of illegal turns and improperly parked vehicles. Using the pictures, the Delhi Traffic Police have issued 665 tickets, using the license plate numbers shown in the photos to track vehicle owners, said the city’s joint commissioner of traffic, Satyendra Garg."

And the actual page

[slack_prad]

The facebook page [facebook.com] of the Delhi police where pictures are being posted and challans issued.
All this hullabaloo is due to the Common Wealth Games [wikipedia.org] that are fast approaching. Once that's done, this facebook fiasco will die a slow death.

Re:ah this will be fun

[Kitkoan]

For those curious, here is the article about that. [thetruthaboutcars.com] 2 [boingboing.net]