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Author: You enter the city bus. It reads your NRMA smartcard and debits your account for the fare. |
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Date Posted: Friday, February 21, 11:30:52pm In reply to: http://www.patersonord.com.au/ ERG 03 Dec 2002 's message, "  " on Wednesday, February 19, 07:19:03amhttp://www.mynrma.com.au/member_centre/your_nrma/the_future/index.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------ The Future ------------------------------------------------------------ It pays to belong to NRMA - now and in the future. The world changes fast and in five years' time your life will be different. Technology will have raced further ahead, and your NRMA will keep pace with it, extending services to meet customer needs. ------------------------------------------------------------ The mutual, working exclusively for its members, will grow from being simply a road and touring services company to become a streamlined personalised services group, supporting your specific lifestyle needs. ------------------------------------------------------------ Here's how it will look. ------------------------------------------------------------ Your wake up call ------------------------------------------------------------ The year is 2005. It's 7am and your home auto-system gives you a wake up call. It switches on your lights, the radio, activates your hot water heater, starts the coffee brewing and fires up your computer, which immediately downloads your videomail. Today you have clients to meet, so you decide to work in head office instead of from home. ------------------------------------------------------------ You take your PC05 out of the control panel by the front door and slide it into a carry case. It's a state-of-the-art optoelectronic computer with 1 terabyte of memory. It communicates wirelessly with home, locking the door, turning on the washing machine and recording a midday Euronews program. How did you ever function without it, you think? It's like having a personal digital assistant - on steroids. ------------------------------------------------------------ You insert your NRMA Membership smartcard into the 05. It logs on, opens the door to your electric mobile transporter pod and starts the engine. ------------------------------------------------------------ We help you ------------------------------------------------------------ Your personalised NRMA 'help' screen confirms that the pod is in A1 condition. The workings, battery and emission levels are automatically monitored. A notification pops up, informing you that registration is due next week and your tyres should be checked. You click OK to both issues and NRMA pays your rego, debiting the amount to your smartcard, then books the pod in and pays for a tyre readjustment at a nearby NRMA-affiliated discount outlet. Both transactions add loyalty points to your rewards scheme - that holiday to Broome gets even closer. ------------------------------------------------------------ You plug your PC05 into the intelligent transport operating system you've just had installed in your pod and while driving, you receive regular NRMA updates on traffic and weather conditions. ------------------------------------------------------------ We help you travel ------------------------------------------------------------ Your usual route looks bad, so from the NRMA Members' website, www.nrma.com.au, your PC downloads a route plan specifically designed for you to bypass congestion. It gets you to your destination - the rapid transit bus terminus - in record time. ------------------------------------------------------------ You enter the city bus. It reads your NRMA smartcard and debits your account for the fare. You settle back for the trip. ------------------------------------------------------------ You lock your PC into the intravel entertainment arm of your seat and up pops your NRMA info screen. There are two messages. ------------------------------------------------------------ Your smartcard has previously registered your product interest in the latest SoloTrek air scooter (you saw an article about them in last months The Open Road and it's got you excited). Today one becomes available at the price you want to pay. You buy it and clock up more loyalty points. The air scooter's specifications and licence number are registered with the NRMA road-and-airside assistance service to provide data for any future breakdown needs. ------------------------------------------------------------We help you enjoy life ------------------------------------------------------------ The other message is about tickets for the new Lowrez concert. They've just gone on sale. Your previous request for them to hold balcony seats is confirmed and your smartcard does the rest - more loyalty points. ------------------------------------------------------------ You can almost feel those waves breaking on Broome's Cable Beach. You click on WA at the NRMA Member's Travel site. Now you can see and hear those waves, too. Better check out the latest in swimwear from some NRMA website shopping links. Because of your NRMA membership, you can stay at the best resort Broome has to offer, with meals and drinks included, for a fraction of the price non-members will pay. Sounds impossible? Many of these lifestyle products are already available or under development. Stay with us for a smoother ride through life. ------------------------------------------------------------ [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Many of these lifestyle products are already available (NT) | 23/2/2003 | Friday, February 21, 11:32:05pm |