Two people driving the take-up of cameras designed to change driver behaviour and improve road safety have appeared on BBC Radio Five Live to explain the value of the technology.

Acusensus UK General Manager Geoff Collins and Adrian Leisk, Devon and Cornwall Police’s Head of Road Safety, were interviewed by Adrian Chiles on the station, which has around 5.5 million listeners.

In the discussion they explained how the technology detects people using a mobile phone at the wheel, or not wearing a seat belt by capturing high-resolution images. Mr Collins told how AI software then filters through tens of thousands of images to flag potential offences, which are later verified by human reviewers.

Adrian Leisk added that Devon and Cornwall Police have monitored nearly four million vehicles over 13 months, detecting 3,900 mobile phone and 8,000 seat belt offences. This has led to a 50% drop in mobile phone use within weeks.

They also countered suggestions of privacy concerns by confirming that the technology operates under strict data processing agreements, with images securely transferred to the police, and all prosecution decisions being made by humans..

You can listen to the interview here, courtesy of the BBC:

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