DAY ONE of Victoria Police’s three-day Operation Ardent blitz saw 216 motorists nabbed, with 14 charged with exceeding the alcohol limit - the worst offender being a P-plater who blew a 0.206 reading. A total of 3472 breath tests were conducted.

Of the 216 motorists caught breaking the law, 85 were nabbed for speeding - [...]

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TWITTER, the social networking ‘micro-blogging’ website which has quickly built momentum among internet dwellers, now counts Victoria Police among its users.

Victoria’s top traffic cop, Deputy Commissioner Ken Lay, announced today that he would begin ‘tweeting’ about the bad behaviour of motorists nabbed across Victoria tonight, coinciding with Operation Ardent.

Operation Ardent, a three-day blitz focusing [...]

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Wow, that title really took a dive towards the end there, didn’t it?

Ford is hoping for better though, as it turns to social networking outlets like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to help it ‘get in good’ with the cool kids.

In an effort to build the US market’s interest in small cars – a segment strong [...]

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Crazy times.  Rifling through the ol’ TMR inbox this morning, and what do I see but “Fake Mark Webber is now following you on Twitter!”  Fake Mark Webber, what in heck?

He’s no Fake Steve Jobs, but Fake Mark Webber (FMW) offers an amusing look at the world through the eyes of Aussie Formula 1 driver [...]

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A couple of months ago, my partner asked me how it’s possible that as the biggest internet nerd she knows, I hadn’t made sure that TMR has a presence on the micro-blogging website Twitter.  The girl made a good point, and it was only my legendary slackness that ensured a good two months passed before [...]

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