Like her well-respected industry legend father, Ray, Amanda Lintott wasn’t one to let the grass grow under her feet. After negotiating the sale of her Porsche Centre Sydney South, she launched a specialist automotive recruitment agency, Career Driven, supplying staff to staff to car manufacturers and importers. She later successfully sold this business as well.
In 2022, Amanda launched another new automotive based business – this time leading her into the unlikely world of pest control. She developed a product called RoadBlock – Spider and Ant Automotive Treatment designed to treat and prevent spiders, ants and cockroaches in vehicles including cars, caravans, campers, trucks, machinery and more.
“The idea for RoadBlock came from a very small frustration I had as a driver. I didn’t like cobwebs in my side mirrors! I got sick of trying to wipe or wash them out, only for them to come back again. Then, I started noticing the countless cars on the street with the same problem, did a small survey, and RoadBlock developed from there,” she said.
“My research identified what is now an obvious gap… there was no effective household pest control treatment for vehicles. After months of testing and approvals, the product hit the market in 2023 and, despite a tiny marketing budget, was immediately popular.”
Not content with just solving one problem, Amanda saw another application for her product.
“Not long afterwards, I started noticing several news reports about the dangerous spread of Imported Red Fire Ants in Australia – often via vehicles – and it occurred to me that RoadBlock could help to manage this problem as well,” she said.