Kartbook's real name policy.

Hi Everyone,

As many of you have probably realised, it's possible to get onto Kartbook without using your real name. I don't force you to send me a picture of your passport and medicare card to approve your account. I do my best to keep on top of those accounts which appear not to be using a real name, but I'm only human.

I enforce the real names policy because it makes for better discussions. If you think Kartbook gets a bit wild sometimes, you should see what it would be like if I allowed everyone to use fake names. It would be chaos. Most of you do the right thing, and post under your real name. I appreciate that, and it's great when I meet you in person and put a face to a name I've known for a long time.

Sometimes, people take it upon themselves to abuse the real names policy and sign in with a fake name - Vito Castelini, Peter Parker, Datsun McDavis (I wish I'd let him stay! He was hilarious...), and they get suspended from Kartbook. That annoys me, but it's kinda par for the course.

What is absolutely not okay at any time is impersonating someone else! Identity theft is a crime, and unambiguously morally corrupt to boot, and if you do it on Kartbook I will do everything in my power to track down your real identity and hand you in to the authorities for appropriate punishment.

Recently, I have removed the account of a person claiming to be famous Australian rally champion Ross Dunkerton. The real Ross Dunkerton has never posted on Kartbook. Unfortunately, this person went to great lengths to deliberately decieve us, and posted a number of things that the real Ross Dunkerton was rather distressed to see attributed to his name. Please disregard anything this cowardly person said, and if you know who the perpetrator is, please contact me immediately. I will be conducting my own enquiries in case Mr Dunkerton wishes to take the matter further.

To the person who pretended to be Ross, I have this to say. Mate, you're a jerk. You're probably the dipshit that steals people's starter motors from beside the grid, talks back to officials, and swears at kids who go faster than your own kid. You might think you were pretty clever pretending to be Ross, but I go to bed each night knowing that I'm awesome, and that you suck. I'm going to try to find out your actual identity, and when I do I'm going to name you and shame you in bold print on the front page of this website, and then hand your name to the cops.

Cheers.