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Ever\u00a0been cut off by a bad driver and wished you could have given them a piece of your mind?\u00a0Well, now you can.\u00a0Virginia startup CarPong<\/a> recently launched and is letting\u00a0users write short messages to other drivers.<\/p>\nThe site is simple and like most other social networking sites you must be registered to use it. Users can either send a message to a particular license plate or receive\u00a0notifications on messages for\u00a0up to three plates. All of this is done on a user profile page on the website, similar to\u00a0a Facebook profile.<\/p>\n
Here’s how the service works: To send a message, users are required to enter\u00a0a license plate number and the state in which the vehicle is registered. They are then able to leave a message up to 250 characters. If the owner of that vehicle is registered on the site, they will receive the email instantly. However, if they aren’t, the message will go live on the site, become searchable and eventually be delivered if that driver ever joins. Users are also able to follow their own plates as well as others and be notified when those plates receive messages. For example, a father might be “following” his college daughters license plate to make sure she isn’t driving like a maniac while at school.<\/p>\n
Founder Tony Mastrorio notes in a recent blog post<\/a> that the service isn’t just for denouncing bad driver habits, but has other social possibilities too. For example, you can now\u00a0drive by a good looking women and send her a message or let someone know their brake light it out. There are several more\u00a0useful services\u00a0for the site as well.\u00a0My favorite is that drivers could learn when their vehicles have been towed, improving an archaic process that usually leaves a driver not knowing when their car was moved or where it now resides.\u00a0For businesses, it could\u00a0allow business owners to track their fleet of vehicles — bringing a new meaning to those stickers on\u00a0mack trucks\u00a0that say “How’s My Driving – Dial …..”<\/p>\n Currently, the company is generating revenue through online advertising. However, as users are only allowed to follow three plates, a future revenue model will involve charging a small fee for\u00a0users wishing to follow more than three plates.<\/p>\n![\"Messages\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/63617_Messages1.JPG\")
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