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 […]
Speed cameras switched off in Scotland
Four locations in the West of Scotland will be “made dormant” after a review of speed and red light enforcement in the area. The review found that driver behaviour has improved at the locations, and once it is determined that the site no longer meets the required criteria the site is made dormant. The camera […]
Man fined for abusing speed camera operator
A man from Bradford has been fined more than £500 after admitting to a public order offence against a Safety Camera van operator. Last August, 24 year old Hamzah Mahmood stopped his vehicle which blocked the safety camera van and then verbally abused the operator. The man, from Queens Road in Bradford, was arrested and […]
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?” […]
Rider’s motorbike seized after being caught on speed camera multiple times
An unlicensed motorcyclist who repeatedly set off a speed camera in Tunbridge Wells has had his bike seized by Kent Police. The 44-year-old man exceeded the 30mph limit on Pembury Road on six separate occasions, each time making what the Police call “offensive gestures” towards the camera. Kent Police say that, due to the antisocial […]
Police officer sacked for lying about speeding
A police constable’s been sacked without notice after giving a dishonest reason for speeding on the M4. Police Oracle reports that last August PC Stewart Argyle was driving a police vehicle containing a detainee when he activated a speed camera while driving at 62 mph in a 50 limit. He claimed that the prisoner had […]
ULEZ cameras being stolen across London
A number of Ultra Low Emissions Zone enforcement cameras have been stolen in London after protests against the expansion of the scheme. London’s Evening Standard newspaper reports Transport for London had already seen dozens of numberplate-reading cameras vandalised or covered up by people opposed to Mayor Sadiq Khan’s widening of the clean air zone to […]
Police trial using drones to tackle increase in poor driving
Drones are being used to help detect driving offences on high harm routes across Devon and Cornwall, as part of a new project linking the counties’ roads policing team, road casualty reduction officers and speed detection officers to target unsafe or irresponsible driving and riding. The operation has a particular focus on motorcyclists after a spate […]
The advances in enforcement technology with Jenoptik on this week’s Highways Voices
“I do find that the naysayers, for want of a better expression, around these systems are almost giving the providers and the utilisers backhanded compliments,” says John Piper of Jenoptik on this week’s Highways Voices podcast as he talks about critics of enforcement technology. “Because what, in effect they are saying, is they know it […]
Acusensus investing in more lifesaving AI camera technology in the UK
Australian AI road safety company Acusensus has announced it is building three new trailers for use in the UK equipped with its tried-and-tested solutions to automatically detect people illegally using mobile phones at the wheel, or not wearing a seatbelt. The trailers will be delivered in early summer 2023, and will be used to identify road users […]
