The Cellar - The best laid plans....

.....who could possibly have predicted this might go wrong?

In a central Indian state, a new scheme has been launched whereby anyone (yes anyone) can text the licence number of any vehicle to the state Transport Dept. and they will text back the driver's details...yaheh the adress and telephone number too....

Quote:

Officials in a central Indian state have stopped a text messaging service giving out drivers' contact details after men used it to pester women.

The facility, launched a year ago, was withdrawn after women complained to the Madhya Pradesh transport department that they were being harassed by men.

Under the scheme, anyone could send a text to access a vehicle owner's name, address and phone number.

Officials say most of the information being sought pertained to young women.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7103585.stm