New video explains AI seatbelt and phone use cameras
The road safety partnership covering Devon and Cornwall has published a video explaining the new relocatable Acusensus camera it is using which caught 300 drivers in its first three days. The system implemented by Vision Zero South West uses cameras and AI to identify mobile phone and seatbelt offences. The video features Adrian Leisk, Head […]
JCT Traffic Signals Symposium to hear about AI solution making road safer
Delegates at the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham next month will hear about more than traffic signals and traffic management, as details are shared of a revolutionary new enforcement solution which automatically identifies distracted and unsafe drivers. Geoff Collins, General Manager of the UK division of Australian technology company Acusensus will share details […]
Acusensus UK’s first relocatable AI road safety camera detects almost 300 offences in first three days
New Artificial Intelligence technology has detected almost 300 drivers using mobile phones or not wearing seatbelts on one of Devon and Cornwall’s busiest roads – in just three days. Vision Zero South West is utilising a new, relocatable camera system from road safety tech firm Acusensus which uses cameras and AI to identify mobile phone […]
Police spot hundreds of suspected seatbelt and mobile phone offences using Acusensus AI solution
A focused week of action by roads policing officers has led to nearly 500 suspected driving offences being identified, with the help of an AI-equipped camera van from enforcement technology company Acusensus. The Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and Thames Valley Police were targeting commercial vehiclesas part of […]
New Acusensus road safety technology trailer arrives in UK
Road safety company Acusensus taken delivery of the first of three new trailers for use in the UK which are equipped solutions to automatically detect people illegally using mobile phones at the wheel, or not wearing a seatbelt. The Australian-based company’s trailers and will be used to identify road users illegally using their mobile devices or not […]
Durham Police hails Acusensus technology “driving down road crime”
Officers from the Durham Roads and Armed Policing Unit have detailed how they have been deploying a new sensor test vehicle in recent weeks which uses the latest AI technology to detect drivers who use their mobile phones or are not wearing their seatbelt. A specialist camera on top of the vehicle can scan all […]
Enforcement expert Collins explains why latest technology can make our roads safer
One of the UK’s leading experts in enforcement technology has written a reflection on road safety in which he highlights the value of technology in improving road safety and discusses how it can be made easier for authorities to implement safety schemes, asking “If technology can reduce the loss of life, why not use it?” […]
Using AI to tackle dangerous distracted driving – Geoff Collins of Acusensus on this week’s Highways Voices
“I fear if you were to drive along any road – be it a rural road or a motorway – this afternoon or this evening, and you looked carefully around you, you would probably notice a lot of people who are distracted who are not doing the right thing, and frankly, are a hazard both […]
Hundreds of drivers flagged for mobile phone and seatbelt offences in Sussex
Police in Sussex have announced they have used Acusensus artificial intelligence technology to test motorists for mobile phone and seatbelt offences. More than 10,000 vehicles were screened in Sussex with a Sensor Test Vehicle which analyses if offences are being committed. It is fitted with a specialist camera system from to filter out possible offences, […]
Acusensus Opens US Headquarters
Australian traffic safety technology company Acusensus is preparing for significant growth in the company’s US with the opening a national headquarters in Las Vegas. The company, which has AI camera technology to spot, among other things, people driving without seatbelt or using a handheld-mobile phone, is undertaking a global expansion after hiring British enforcement expert […]