Pothole Tweets Each Time Car Drives Over It

Posted by | May 31, 2015 16:00 | Filed under: Planet

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A device sends a complaint Tweet to the Department of Public Works in Panama City, Panama, to remind the department to fix it.

Citing its irritation with the city’s inability to maintain decent roads, a news agency in Panama City recently installed devices in local potholes that automatically tweet complaints to the public works department every time they are driven over. Meet El Hueco Twitero, literally “the tweeting hole,” whose Twitter account is currently all the rage in Panama because its complaints are being heard and potholes are disappearing. It’s a small coup for crowdsourcing, innovation, and the belief that all you have to do to get what you want is annoy someone with power.

https://twitter.com/Elhuecotwitero/status/604672961166118912

 

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One response to Pothole Tweets Each Time Car Drives Over It

  1. Kick Frenzy June 1st, 2015 at 14:01

    Can we get that, too?
    Maybe we could add decrepit bridges into it.

    And CC all tweets to Republican members of congress. ;)

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