Those cameras use the AI technology to send tickets once they’re reviewed by human sources. In the United States, where Acusensus has cameras in Georgia and North Carolina, the systems work a little different.
“The Heads Up Real Time system in the United States sends images to nearby police officers, allowing them to stop drivers before violations occur,” NBC News reported.
“The other Heads Up product used internationally sends the pictures to law enforcement officials as part of an evidence package, and they can mail out tickets to offending drivers. [the company’s vice president of government solutions] said an automated ticketing program, such as Heads Up, would require state legislation to authorize its use. “
However, don’t think for a second that this hasn’t led to
more ticketing.
“The program has seen 6 times more seatbelt violations and 9 times more mobile phone violations per month in the first two months of the program in 2023 compared to the previous years before the program commenced,” Acusensus said of the system’s use in North Carolina in a media release in October.
And this is in spite of the fact that the program is only aimed at commercial vehicles at present.
You can, of course, imagine the usual defenses for deploying this
AI technology — namely, if you’re not doing anything, why should you be concerned if Big Brother is watching via artificial intelligence?
“If there’s no violation, we’re not saving the data,” said David Kelly, the company’s vice president of government solutions, according to NBC.
As for what happens to photos
of violations, that’s apparently up to local governments to decide.
“With a ticket in the mail, you get it three weeks later, and you’re like, ‘Wait a second. I don’t remember that,’ but in this instance, you’re able to change that behavior immediately,” Kelly said, speaking of how the system has been implemented in the U.S.
“When we’re talking with law enforcement, that’s something that they like. They really like the ability to be able to engage with the driver and to make that stop and to change that behavior immediately,” he explained.
Translation: You’re able to
charge for that behavior immediately, both in terms of a violation and a commensurate fine, which traffic cops in the United States are never known to
abuse for monetary gain.
"With a ticket in the mail, you get it three weeks later, and you’re like, ‘Wait a second. I don’t remember that.'"
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