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

    • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
      22·
      10 months 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
        162·
        10 months 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.

        • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Exactly right. Anytime the police or other government authorities want to put more surveillance into our lives, the only answer should be HELL NO.

    • EndlessApollo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2912·
      10 months 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
        218·
        10 months 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·
            10 months 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.

              • xT1TANx@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                10 months 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·
          10 months 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
      82·
      10 months 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·
      10 months ago

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

    • Voli@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

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

    • ours@lemmy.filmEnglish
      3·
      10 months 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
      52·
      10 months 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.

      • PooCrafter93@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        22·
        10 months 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·
          10 months 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.