Acusensus’ pioneering AI road safety contribution profiled in two national newspapers
The Mail and Times newspapers have both run in-depth features about the Acusensus camera solution which uses artificial intelligence to identify drivers using their mobile phones at the wheel, and vehicle occupants not using a seatbelt. Acusensus developed its “Heads Up” Artificial Intelligence technology which uses specially equipped cameras to see through the windscreen and […]
Nick Harris on RIS3: National Highways’ vision for safer, smarter roads on Highways Voices from Highways UK 2025 thanks to Clearway, SWARCO, Arcadis and Westcotec
National Highways CEO Nick Harris joins us on today’s Highways Voices for a chat about RIS3, road safety and preventative maintenance, among other things, on today’s Highways Voices from Highways UK 2025. In today’s podcast, sponsored by Clearway, Westcotec, Arcadis and SWARCO, you’ll hear Mr Harris (pictured) outline what RIS3 means for suppliers, and how innovation, safety, and efficiency will drive […]
PACTS calls for urgent improvements to seat belt enforcement
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, PACTS, has released a new report into seat belt use by British drivers, in the face of figures showing the proportion of car occupants who die while not wearing a seat belt has been rising. PACTS is calling on the Government to take clear, practical steps: introduce penalty […]
From bad habits to safer roads: Acusensus AI delivers real behaviour change
“When you drive, you hope others on the road are as switched on and as law-abiding as you are – the latest statistics show we’re helping to make that hope a reality.” So says Geoff Collins, UK General Manager of road safety technology company Acusensus, after latest analysis of installations of its AI cameras across […]
New figures show Acusensus AI cameras do affect driver behaviour
Road safety experts in Devon and Cornwall say cameras which use AI to detect mobile phone and seatbelt offences are having a positive effect on road user behaviour in the counties. The Acusensus ‘Heads-Up’ cameras have been used at different locations around the two counties over the past three years as part of ongoing trials […]
Acusensus AI cameras featured on BBC News – VIDEO
The BBC’s Spotlight programme in Southwest England has published a report revealing that 50% more people have been caught not wearing seat belts as those fined for driving while using mobile phones. Devon and Cornwall Police said 10,000 images collected by Acusensus Artificial Intelligence cameras over the last 12 months had captured 6,000 people breaking […]
Acusensus boss “baffled” by the number of people not wearing seatbelts
The UK manager of road safety technology company Acusensus, Geoff Collins is admitting the number of drivers the AI-based camera system is detecting travelling without wearing a seatbelt is higher than he’d ever imagined possible. Acusensus invented its “Heads Up” technology which uses specially equipped cameras to see through the windscreen and into the vehicle, […]
Acusensus AI camera tech highlighted on national TV
Road safety technology company Acusensus’s “Heads Up” distracted and impaired driving technology has been featured to a mainstream audience on the BBC’s Crimewatch Live television show. Devon and Cornwall Police’s Head of Road Safety, Adrian Leisk, told how the technology was used in a world-first trial to detect potential drink-drivers in the run-up to Christmas. […]
Acusensus boss explains AI enforcement on radio
The UK General Manager of AI safety camera company Acusensus has explained to listeners of BBC Essex how drivers in the county could soon have their safety improved by the use of the technology to catch drivers using their phones at the wheel. (Scroll down to hear the audio). The technology, already in use in […]
Seatbelt detection tech vital to “save people from themselves” says Acusensus boss
The UK manager of road safety technology company Acusensus, Geoff Collins, has described as “alarming” new research which found 43% of young car occupants who die in road crashes aren’t wearing a seatbelt, arguing this justifies authorities’ use of technology to police the problem. The AA Charitable Trust discovered three-in-ten young drivers aged 29 or […]