About PlateWire
PlateWire was started by a commuter who endured a grueling HOV carpool from Fairfax to Arlington 5 days a week. For those unfamiliar with 66, it is more like a parking lot during rush hour traffic. After coming close to being involved in 5 separate collisions on one fateful ride home from work, I had an idea. With very little capital to get started, I began the task, to make people more accountable for their actions on the roadways in one forum or another. It has become an all too common fact that the only time people straighten up and drive safe is when there is a police car near by; a prime example of a society driven by fear. Adopting that same mentality, PlateWire intends to grow large enough to become a real deterrent to unsafe driving habits. My goal is to bring awareness to bad drivers so they become aware of the dangers associated with the aggressive driving they have become accustomed to.
So join in, vent your rage, and let us all do our part to make the roads safer.
Good day and a thanks to all!
The overwhelming positive response we have received today is absolutely wonderful! We would like to extend our warmest regards to those who have taken the time to visit our site and send us their thoughts.
As you can see we are currently in the midst of upgrading, so please excuse the mess. The site should be up to full functionality before the end of the week.
For those of you who aren't new to the site, we have lots of great new features in store.
We have been working tirelessly to research different mechanisms to further implement and enhance the value of PlateWires' usefulness. Some of the crowd that oppose our website (The minority, our percentage of positive response is well over 90%), claim that there is nothing we can do curb road rage or carelessness. We couldn't disagree more!
We believe that rage and courtesy go hand in hand. If you as a driver are treated rudely by someone, you are more likely to take that frustration out on someone else, especially if you are already experiencing stress, an almost daily fact for many of us. So our basic principle is simple, if we can help people to be more aware of their unsafe habits, become self-accountable for their actions, and then we have made a difference.
Please continue the feedback, we love to hear from you and will do our best to answer everyone. I will return to blogging about our progress on http://BadMark.com
Be safe,
November 20th 2006
Mark Buckman