Archive

Tweets Steer Caracas Streets

How's My Driving?

Venezuelan motorists aided by Twitter.

With an adventure around every corner—police road-traps, mudslides, potholes—drivers in Venezuela's capital city are using Twitter to help drive safely and stay out of the reach of the law. The world's cheapest gas and a massive proliferation of smart phones are helping make it possible in Caracas. “There’s a big supply of texts and mobile devices and a lot of demand for traffic reports since traffic’s unbearable,” one economist told Bloomberg News. “Even though the state’s on top of you and regulating everything, Venezuelans are very entrepreneurial.”

Read it at Bloomberg

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.