Western Australia's new AI safety cameras deployment in various regions has exposed a level of dangerous driver behaviour that authorities described as beyond mind-boggling.
However, six camera trailers scattered across the state, as well as three fixed cameras on the Kwinana Freeway, have been operating on a warning-only basis for eight months.
In this connection, Road safety Minister Reece Whitby said, "If the AI system believes there is an offense, then two humans will look at those photos and make a judgment."
It has been observed that more than 12,000 motorists were caught using their mobile phone and 10,000 drivers were unbuckled without a seatbelt.
Images were captured of drivers eating cereal, painting their nails and using nail clippers. These were just some of the violations caught on camera.
As reported by 9News, most surprising was that a truck driver was snapped driving at 100km/h with no seatbelt, with a phone in one hand and a lapboard object in the other.
Authorities expect that the camera will be able to transform driver behaviour to help reverse the increasing trend of road fatalities that the state has seen over the last decade.
In addition, academics at the WA Centre for Road Safety Research at UWA hope to introduce a new driving stimulation system that can help prove how dangerous these distractions can be.
