Acusensus boss hails momentum in take-up of AI distracted driving technology
The UK manager of road safety technology company Acusensus says he feels there is “real momentum” in road safety authorities embracing new technology to spot distracted drivers and those who don’t wear a seatbelt. The company’s “Heads Up” Artificial Intelligence technology uses specially equipped cameras which can see through the windscreen and into the vehicle, […]
Greater Manchester to trial Acusensus cameras that automatically detect distracted drivers
Acusensus cameras which can automatically detect drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel or not wearing a seat belt are being trialled in Greater Manchester. The new ‘Heads Up’ technology from the Australian-based company captures footage of passing vehicles before the images are processed using artificial intelligence to detect potential offending drivers. Footage deemed to […]
Heads-Up Technology Detects More than 30,000 Distracted Drivers in South Australia
The Acusensus Heads-Up fixed site systems in South Australia has detected 30,754 motorists illegally using their mobile phones while driving in the one month after the Mobile Phone Detection Programme there became operational in June. The programme is currently in a three-month educational period, during this time warning letters are sent out, with full enforcement […]
American study highlights the dangers of distracted driving
A new study in the American state of Georgia has found more than half of the crashes in the state in 2022 were down to the driver being distracted. As new schemes in the UK, such as Devon and Cornwall’s use of Acusensus AI cameras to spot people using a mobile phone whilst driving, get […]
Road safety benefits highlighted as Acusensus distracted driving and seatbelt cameras go live across Devon and Cornwall
The UK manager of road safety technology company Acusensus says the first long-term use of its distracted driving enforcement solution in the UK is “great news” for drivers. Geoff Collins, who leads the Australian business’s operations here has agreed a twelve-month operation using trailers across Devon and Cornwall, working with the police, Vision Zero South […]
Acusensus appoints AI and image processing expert to support UK and international growth
Road safety technology company Acusensus is further expanding its operation in the UK with the appointment of veteran technologist Violet Snell. Since Acusensus opened its UK office in 2022, it has continued to develop the market for advanced road safety solutions, including the award-winning ‘Heads Up’ system to identify distracted driving, or people not wearing […]
RAC issues strong support for Acusensus AI-based distracted driving identification solution
The RAC has issued a statement setting out its support for technology which uses roadside cameras and Artificial Intelligence to identify dangerous drivers who use their hand-held phones at the wheel. RAC road safety spokesman Rod Dennis has reacted to reports that some people consider the technology as some sort of breach of privacy and […]
Acusensus road safety award “proves distracted driving being taken seriously”
The head of the UK division of road safety technology company Acusensus is hailing winning a prestigious award as a sign people are looking at more than speed when it comes to reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Geoff Collins, UK General Manager of the Australian-based company is celebrating Acusensus winning the Chartered […]
“Alarming” DfT figures underline scale of UK’s distracted driving danger
An analysis of the latest figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) regarding distracted and non-restrained driving on Britain’s roads indicates that there may be more than 50,000 instances of people driving whilst using a hand-held phone every day, along with half a million motorists driving while not wearing a seatbelt. The headline figures collated […]
Significant proportion of drivers still use phones at the wheel and fail to wear a seat belt
New figures from the Department for Transport show three in every thousand drivers observed on England’s roads are using a mobile phone whilst driving, with the proportion of van drivers breaking the law three times that of car drivers. The statistics, gathered and analysed for the DfT by AECOM using images captured by Acusensus roadside […]
