NRMA invites road rage rants on new site

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolo...nts-on-new-site/2009/03/24/1237656900855.html

Australians who are sick of road congestion, high petrol prices and astronomical
tolls are being invited by the NRMA to vent their road rage on a new site,
RoadTube.com.au.

The motorists' association is touring NSW with webcam-equipped "toll booths"
that punters can use to record short video feedback messages that are posted
directly to the website.

People can also contribute to the site from home by recording their own clips or
writing blog posts to be published on the site.

NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury said more than 120 videos and 120 written messages
had been added to the site since it was launched last Monday, and these were
expected to ramp up once the association has the chance to promote it to its 2.1
million members.

He said RoadTube would not be an echo chamber and suggestions published on the
site would be passed on to politicians.

"We'll be contacting the Government and Opposition and ensuring that they see
this as a tool for them," Khoury said.

"If somebody from Batemans Bay comes on and says something interesting about a
local road, we'll send a link to the local MP."

NSW Roads Minister Michael Daley said: "Talking to the community is [an]
essential part of my job as Roads Minister and I have the RTA to investigate all
sensible, practical ideas put forward to me by members of the public."

The toll booths have already been stationed in Sydney's Wynyard Park and Rouse
Hill Shopping Centre. On Friday, between 7.30am and 3pm, booths will be set up
at Church Street Mall in Paramatta, before moving on to Martin Place on April
16, Coffs Harbour on April 23 and Dubbo on April 28.

Venting road rage and complaints in the booths may discourage people from acting
up on the roads.

In 2007, 118 people were found guilty of either predatory or menacing driving,
the most serious driving offences that can attract jail sentences of up to five
years.

According to figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 146
people were convicted the year before.

In an introductory message on the RoadTube site, Wendy Machin, president of the
NRMA, suggested some initial topics: time of day tolling on the harbour bridge,
Pacific Highway funding cuts, the price of petrol and commentary around the fact
that you can successfully contest a speeding fine but don't get demerit points back.

Among the video comments posted so far, road congestion, petrol prices and tolls
attracted scores of complaints.

Luke rants about faulty e-tags, saying motorists are charged an administrative
fee every time they don't work. He says cameras are the better option as they
are always accurate.

Julian wants more roving ticket sellers and machines so people can more easily
buy tickets before catching public transport.

Delphime says buses and trains here are far more expensive than in Europe but
are often late.

"It's not just people having a rant," Khoury said.

"These are people who experience motoring and public transport every single day
and they know there are problems and they want solutions."

--

- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

 

Now we have a 'legitimate excuse' to visit redtube .. I just misheard
the URL honey, honest.

 

Redtube?

--

- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

 

Hahaha! I laughed my guts up at that... because... er... a bloke in
a pub told me what redtube was. Honest.


GB

 

Its all true. Or do you wish to dispute any of it?

Too bad. Its going to get larger as I add more labour crap to it.

--

- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

 

Yup. Sadly.

Dictatorship 1 : Democracy 0.

 

Don't get the I wanna's in Conroys case mixed with the fact generally
the govco doesn't have anything but bad advice and ideas , any normal 9
year old with 10 minutes could pass the filter , although I still oppose
it strenuously
Look around the Ca and Swedish isp's for suitable low monthly bypass
rentals

 

wikileaks.de has some interesting info about proxy use .. they must be
doing something right as the owner of the domain was raided in the last
day or two...