Calls for tighter seatbelt enforcement made in BBC feature
A report on BBC breakfast has highlighted the issue of people driving without wearing seatbelts, after Acusensus technology helped a police force identify 6,000 offences in just one year. The feature shows how Devon and Cornwall Police is using the AI cameras to help catch driving offences, and how the force says it’s part of […]
Motorists with communication needs offered free seatbelt covers by Devon & Cornwall Police
Devon & Cornwall Police are offering drivers and passengers with additional needs free seatbelt covers to help make communication easier after incidents including road traffic collisions. The seatbelt covers are a new initiative for Devon & Cornwall Police and give help to people with a speech, language or communication need which may create a barrier. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Up to a quarter of young passenger deaths avoidable if seatbelts worn
New analysis by The AA Charitable Trust shows almost half (43%) of young passengers (17-29) who die in car crashes are not belted. Wearing a seatbelt reduces the risk of death by around 50 per cent, meaning up to around one quarter of all young car passenger deaths could be avoided if all young passengers […]
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 […]
Merseyside using Acusensus technology to identify distracted drivers
Merseyside Police have announced they are using technology from the road safety company Acusensus which utilises artificial intelligence to identify individuals using their mobile phone or traveling without a seatbelt. The force says this will support road safety enforcement with the implementation of a mobile device fitted to a van to allow for mobile enforcement meaning […]