Cameras with AI tech to nab traffic offenders in Kerala

At a time when traffic cops across the country are struggling to enforce discipline among citizens to refrain from traffic violations, a newly launched technology may well solve their problem.

Kerala’s Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) is now making use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to nab traffic rule offenders in the state.

To ensure traffic rule offenders don’t escape, the department is planning to use a speed detection camera integrated with AI. These cameras will detect two-wheeler riders without a helmet and will also detect car drivers without a seat belt.

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Speaking to The News Minute, Rajeev Puthalath, Joint Transport Commissioner said,

AI has already been installed in many of the cameras in Walayar, Wadakkanchery, and Kozhikode. The cameras have so far been used only to detect over-speeding vehicles. But now, with the help of AI, along with detecting two-wheeler drivers without a helmet and four-wheeler drivers without a seat belt, it will also provide us the vehicle records and the average speed of the vehicle.

According to Joint Transport Commissioner, the project tender was given to the Centre for Development of Advance Computing (CDAC) by MVD. It was also found that the AI-integrated camera technology was 98 percent accurate.

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The department has also asked the technical team for an evaluation report on the project. The AI camera detection system is being taken up with an aim to replace manual checking carried out by the squad.

Speaking to New Indian Express, a senior MVD officer said,

Other than over speeding, a number of deaths occurred due to accidents caused by not wearing a helmet or a seat belt. So, it was necessary to take some serious action to nab such offenders. We have identified that the public wear helmet and seat belt only when they see a policeman on duty, or a squad conducting checks and removes it once the vehicle passes the checkpoint.

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