Interactive map reveals where sneaky AI cameras are catching drivers scrolling on phones or not wearing seatbelts

HUNDREDS of drivers are being caught retired scrolling connected phones oregon not wearing seatbelts successful a large proceedings of AI cameras.

The devices tin "see wrong your car" to cheque whether you are paying due attraction to the roadworthy arsenic good arsenic conscionable measuring your speed.

Police forces crossed the state are participating successful a test-run of the tech to spot however effectual it is astatine improving roadworthy safety.

Campaigners reason that, portion speeding remains a cardinal issue, mobile telephone use and different unsafe driving habits inactive correspond a important risk.

The caller cameras usage AI to observe whether a operator is holding a telephone oregon wearing a seatbelt, portion simultaneously checking their speed.

If immoderate violations are spotted, the representation is recorded and sent disconnected to a quality relation for double-checking.

Once an offence has been established, the registration accusation is recorded and a penalty notice is sent retired to the proprietor of the vehicle, conscionable similar a mean speeding ticket.

Police forces including Durham, Greater Manchester and Humberside person each antecedently taken portion successful the trial, with startling results.

One camera managed to drawback retired 1,000 drivers successful conscionable 1 week successful July on the A1 (M) successful Durham.

Similarly, a proceedings down successful Cornwall past twelvemonth saw motorists fined astatine a complaint of 100 a day.

Other regions, including Staffordshire, Norfolk and Wiltshire person besides seen their trials extended to March 2025.

The determination has been backed by respective motoring and roadworthy information organisations, astir notably the RAC.

Rod Dennis, a spokesperson for the RAC, said: "Despite the penalties for utilizing a handheld telephone having doubled to six punishment points and a £200 good 7 years ago, it’s wide acold excessively galore drivers are inactive prepared to enactment lives astatine hazard by engaging successful this unsafe practice.

"We fishy a large crushed for this is simply a deficiency of enforcement, meaning galore drivers person nary fearfulness of being caught.

"AI-equipped cameras that tin automatically observe drivers breaking the instrumentality connection a accidental for the tide to beryllium turned.

"The constabulary can’t beryllium everyplace each of the time, truthful it makes consciousness that forces look to the champion available technology that tin assistance them drawback drivers acting illegally."

The standard, agleam yellowish speed cameras volition stay successful these areas - and you tin work our afloat usher connected how to spot antithetic types of cameras.

But you mightiness beryllium capable to place the AI versions if you spot a second, smaller camera placed connected apical of its much communal counterpart.

Matt Staton, Head of National Road User Safety Delivery for National Highways, said: "We cognize that distracted driving and not wearing seatbelts were cardinal factors successful a precocious fig of incidents that resulted successful radical being killed oregon earnestly injured.

"Working with our constabulary partners we privation to trim specified dangerous driving and trim the risks posed to some the drivers and different people.

"We judge that utilizing exertion similar this volition marque radical earnestly see their driving behaviour.

"We volition proceed to put successful exertion that could assistance marque definite everyone utilizing our roads gets location harmless and well."