Is there nothing that social media can’t touch?
Even the simple pleasure of admiring one of your fellow travellers in another car may never be the same again. It seems a new service in the USA called WhyHonk lets you get in touch with other drivers, based on their number plate.
The WhyHonk service lets you send a voice message to any car you see by dialing a number and leaving their license plate number along with your message. It’s then converted to text and added to a searchable database. You can search your license plate number for messages online, on their mobile site, or register it to get the messages straight to your cellphone.
Of course, apart from leaving messages for potential suitors, this kind of thing could have some more practical applications – like simply letting drivers know they’ve left their lights on. Or letting them know the license plate of another driver who’s dinged their car.
Hats off to the smart folk behind WhyHonk. What will they think of next…?
