This Device Tweets A Complaint To The Govt. Every Time A Car Runs Over A Pothole

Panama is a modern city but the roads have more holes than swiss cheese. To highlight this infrastructure failure, news channel Telemetro Reporta installed special devices inside potholes that tweet a complaint to the Department Of Public Works every time a car runs over them. They also had a special segment on the TV news show to present the complaints and spread awareness. The result? Potholes started disappearing and the streets are being repaired. Check it out in action below.

Excellent initiative. It’s great to see the use of social media to highlight issues that tax-paying citizens face every day. The agency is P4 Ogilvy & Mather, Panama City. Do you want these devices in your city? Share this post and your views in the comments below.