Police in England installed an AI camera system along a major road. It caught almost 300 drivers breaking the law in its first 3 days.

Sat, 08/19/2023 - 05:46

An example image of how the Acusensus AI system works — The AI camera system detects offenses and flags them for police.
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An AI camera system installed along a major road in England caught 300 offenses in its first 3 days.
There were 180 seat belt offenses and 117 mobile phone offenses, according to police.
The AI system, from tech company Acusensus, has been trialed in England and Australia over the last year.

Well that was fast.

Police in England installed an AI camera system along a major road — 72 hours later, it had caught almost 300 drivers breaking the law. After 5 more days, that number rose to 1,000.