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Sussex Police and National Highways have joined forces to deploy the latest technology in artificial intelligence to test motorists for mobile phone and seatbelt offences. The Sensor Test Vehicle screened over 10,000 vehicles in Sussex, identifying over 200 driving offences at sites on the A23 Hickstead, the A23 Gatwick Link, and at Kingsway, Hove earlier this year.
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Equipped with a specialist camera system, the Sensor Test Vehicle is able to filter out possible offences, which are then checked and double-checked by human eyes. Not wearing a seatbelt, and being distracted while driving such as by using a mobile phone, remain two of the most common factors of why people are killed or seriously injured on roads.
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