Should we use Google maps to record rubbish driving? The goal being to highlight hotspots where engineering interventions are required.
I caught an interesting article, probably middle of the night BBC News, on Safecity.in, which is crowdsourcing the locations of sexual harassment or abuse on Indian streets. The idea being to alert visitors of areas to be more cautious, and to pressurise the authorities to act - the police are unlikely to be interested in a single report, however if an area is shown to be problematic to many, then action might be more likely.
It struck me that there were parallels with the (much lesser) abuse and threatening behaviour experienced by cyclists - I say "much lesser" on the basis that actual harm to Edinburgh cyclists is much less likely than actual harm to Indian women.
If we tracked where the Rubbish Driving was happening, could that make a difference en masse? We know that individual reports are unlikely to be progressed by Police Scotland, and those that are progressed are only due to the herculean efforts of the victim.
Perhaps it's a rubbish idea, but perhaps the CCE hive mind might consider it valuable and have the expertise to implement it?
Robert
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