Shocking images released by transport chiefs show the detail roadside cameras are now able to capture inside a vehicle. Transport for Greater Manchester has published the startling clear images which have been captured by the‘Heads Up’ camera system, developed by Acusensus, show drivers holding mobile phones in front of their face, to their ear while behind the wheel, sometimes with passengers – including children – next to them. In several cases the cameras also found drivers, adult and child passengers not being securely fastened in their seats or not wearing seat belts at all.
Credit: Acusensus/AECOM More than 3,200 people have been caught using mobile phones while driving or not wearing seat belts as part of a trial of state-of-the-art cameras in Greater Manchester. The ‘Heads Up’ cameras capture images of passing vehicles which are initially processed using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect drivers who are potentially breaking the law and putting themselves, their passengers and other road users at risk. Dame Sarah Storey (far left) and Kate Green (second from right) with Paula Allen and Calvin Buckley, who have lost loved ones as a result of dangerous driving The use of AI as the first filter is said to ensure privacy for the vast majority of law-abiding motorists, while also checking hundreds of thousands of vehicles over an intermittent period between 3rd September and 24th October, something which would likely take a human reviewer several months to .
