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Starting September 3rd, Greater Manchester in the UK will become the latest region to deploy AI cameras to automatically detect drivers using mobile phones or not wearing seatbelts. The “Heads Up” cameras, developed by Australian company Acusensus, use machine learning algorithms to analyze images of passing vehicles. The goal is to identify driving offenses at a scale and precision not possible without AI automation. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is confident the project will help reduce dangerous driving practices that contribute to crashes. “In Greater Manchester, we know that distractions and not wearing seatbelts are key factors in a number
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Starting September 3rd, Greater Manchester in the UK will become the latest region to deploy AI cameras to automatically detect drivers using mobile phones or not wearing seatbelts.
The “Heads Up” cameras, developed by Australian company Acusensus, use machine learning algorithms to analyze images of passing vehicles.
The goal is to identify driving offenses at a scale and precision not possible without AI automation.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is confident the project will help reduce dangerous driving practices that contribute to crashes.
“In Greater Manchester, we know that distractions and not wearing seatbelts are key factors in a number of road traffic collisions which have resulted in people being killed or seriously injured,” said Peter Boulton, TfGM’s network director for highways.
Boulton continued, “By utilising this state-of-the-art technology provided by Acusensus, we hope to gain a better understanding of how many drivers break the law in this way, whilst also helping to reduce these dangerous driving practices and make our roads safer for everyone.”
The trial is part of a wider partnership between Acusensus and the UK government’s National Highways agency.
In addition to Greater Manchester, the AI cameras will be deployed in nine other regions: Durham, Humberside, Staffordshire, West Mercia, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire, Norfolk, Thames Valley, and Sussex.
Rolling out more AI cameras won’t just help police catch and punish problem drivers it could also be a cash cow for the government. More tickets means more money in public coffers.
Met Police has increased live facial recognition snooping on the public by 1,000% & it’s still expanding
Meanwhile, shops are scanning the faces of shoppers by putting these cameras on doorways
We must put an urgent stop to this intrusive technology
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