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Indian Police Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw Drivers 130

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."

Comment Re:CK-12 textbooks painful to read (Score 1) 216

I was starting my own tirade, but I see you've done it nicely (maybe my karma will remain neutral)! At first, I was excited so I downloaded some of cK-12's texts (suggest anyone doing so scan for TH). My impression is that contest reviewers had a checklist but were not qualified to review the content, because they didn't seem to notice some obvious things missing: the single variable calculus text from cK-12 has no bibliography, no index and it's source of authority seems to be Wikipedia (!).

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