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.
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The AI system, designed by tech company Acusensus, takes photos of passing vehicles and flags those with potential offenses.

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

  • HellAwaits@lemm.eeEnglish
    5118·
    1 year ago

    I’m not against this. I think the fact that car deaths are skyrocketing in the US and the UK is even more absurd since modern cars are supposedly “safer” with all of their safety tech. Plus how are people still doing this fucking shit when death from dangerous driving has been a thing in the news forever now? It’s like people need even more stricter rules to keep them in line instead of thinking like a reasonable adult.

    • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      I think deaths jumped a bit post COVID but I don’t think they are skyrocketing. Do you have a source?

      • letsgocrazy@lemm.eeEnglish
        172·
        1 year ago

        I looked it up. They aren’t skyrocketing.

        The numbers dropped due to lockdown, then bounced up and are stable.

        I hate this cult of negativity - just make up how everything is getting worse in order to hand more power to the government.

        The casual and bovine l way it all happen is disgusting.

    • EndlessApollo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2813·
      1 year ago

      He’ll yea use machines to strip people of their freedom and privacy in exchange for “safety” and “security”, that could never go wrong

      • xT1TANx@lemmy.worldEnglish
        219·
        1 year ago

        I understand your pov but I feel it’s misplaced. You are in public in a vehicle. You are in public on a side walk. The same laws that have been used to record police are the same being used here. You have no expectation of privacy in public and if you are seen or recorded breaking a law that is on you.

          • xT1TANx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            66·
            1 year ago

            I don’t think you understand my point. It’s been made clear the First Amendment applies to filming anyone, including police, in public. Any policies that try to bypass that will be destroyed in court. Those same rules apply to all of us as well.

            We can absolutely be recorded in public.

            • NuPNuA@lemm.eeEnglish
              31·
              1 year ago

              You know the Constitution has no power in the UK where this camera is right? Not that I’m opposed to it.

              • xT1TANx@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                1 year ago

                The post I responded to indicated the US and UK. Of course I know that we never invaded and subjugated the English. Clearly I was talking about the US, so ya got me. Pat yourself on the back.

        • EndlessApollo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          Just because someone is in public doesn’t mean that they need to be under 24/7 surveillance by big brother. Isn’t England already infested with security cameras? The US is pretty lousy with them in some places and if I knew they were actively watching me I’d make a habit of breaking them, not praise them for helping to overpolice every square inch of the country

    • MonkderZweite@feddit.chEnglish
      83·
      1 year ago

      I think the fact that car deaths are skyrocketing in the US and the UK is even more absurd since modern cars are supposedly “safer” with all of their safety tech.

      SUV vs. Bicycle: cyclist dead.

    • graphite@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      100% agree. It flags infractions, you have people verify what was being flagged, due course follows.

    • Voli@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      There is a name for that sort, the safer the item is the more reckless the person becomes.

    • ours@lemmy.filmEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      For reference, in Switzerland deaths/major injuries from traffic accidents have steadily dropped since the '70s. Thanks to, as you mention, better car safety tech.

      But there has also been a great number of speed cameras and lower alcohol tolerance. Oh and new laws with income-relative fines, temporary to permanent loss of driving license, and even jail for the worst driving offenses probably cooling the jets of even the wealthier road maniacs.

    • SouthEndSunset@lemm.eeEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      Yup, and some of these are quite serious. But a cop at the side of the road could stop these people instantly. These people won’t find out that they have broke the law for two weeks. Or they could just kill themselves/someone else/both half a mile up the road.

      • NuPNuA@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        It’s about detering behaviours, if people know these cameras are out there, they will be less likely to act like that to begin with as the risk of consequences is now higher.

      • PooCrafter93@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        No they wouldn’t. You are telling me you could stop someone on the motorway instantly. You think a stationary cop at ground level would be able to spot a phone held below the window and have the reaction times to intiate a persute?

        • SouthEndSunset@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I never suggested any of this…alls I said was a cop at the side of the road could stop a car. I didnt say we couldnt have a copper parked up on a bridge as lookout or use these cameras.