another nail in the coffin of driving pleasure

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The UK’s New AI Traffic Cam Spots Nearly 300 Violations in 3 Days.

A new free-standing traffic camera powered by AI has spotted and photographed almost 300 violations in the first three days of use.

The camera, which is used in the UK as part of a trial program, caught 117 people on their phones while driving, as well as 180 instances of people failing to use their seatbelts while driving.

the new system is billed as a free-standing option which can be moved around easily to different roads in any given area.
https://tech.co/news/new-ai-traffic-cam-300-violations-3-days
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[Nobby the Bastard]

So,do you use your phone whilst driving?

Really not seeing how this reduces driving pleasure.
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[Skudd]

Don't use your phone while driving and fasten your seatbelt. Don't let her give you a blow job while you are driving either, I'm sure Japan doesn't allow this either.
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[that_impulse_guy]

and pay your Blackwall tunnel toll fees when the Slayer of London introduces them shortly.
"Since the Blackwall Tunnel opened on the 22nd May 1897 (the current northbound bore) there hasn’t been a toll charge for using either tunnel. However, that is about the change. With the construction of the Silvertown Tunnel to be completed in 2025, there will then become a charge to use either the Blackwall or Silvertown Tunnel. The charge levels will differ for different types of vehicles using the tunnels, these charge levels will be decided closer to the opening date."
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[MCN]

I wouldn't call prosecution for phones use whilst driving, a nail in a coffin.

Someone posted a nod down to this book years ago on here.

It is science based

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt.

Chapter Three discusses at deep level the way phones and other issues seriously interrupt concentration and focus whilst driving.

It's amazing it is not punished the same way as drink driving.

Amazing really when the evidence is studied.

"How Our Eyes and Minds Betray Us on the Road.

Keep Your Mind on the Road: Why It’s So Hard to Pay Attention in Traffic.

'Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.' —Albert Einstein.

Here is a common traffic experience: You are driving, perhaps down a mostly empty highway, perhaps on the quiet streets around your house, when you suddenly find yourself “awake at the wheel.” You realize, with a mixture of wonder and horror, that you cannot remember what you have been doing for the past few moments—nor do you know how long you have been “out.” You may find yourself sitting in your driveway and asking, as the Talking Heads once did, “How did I get here?” This phenomenon has been called everything from “highway hypnosis” to the “time-gap experience,” and while it has long puzzled people who study driving, it is still not fully understood. What is known is that it usually happens in fairly monotonous or familiar driving situations. Some scientists suggest that it’s related to drowsiness, and that we may even be taking what are called “microsleeps” at the wheel."

It should make phone use whilst driving an obvious major problem.

I use hands free through the car and onbthe bike.

But it still is a big distraction. I sometimes just answer and pull over or ignore.

The standard of driving has seriously declined as more vehicles have joined the queue.

The highway code was introduced in the UK in 1920.
People had been using shared roads since Einstein invented the wheel. It took a long time for some realistic solution to be implemented.

I think in ancient Rome they had traffic management by limited entry to the city. And it was one-way in the morning then the other way in the evening and nothing at night.
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[stinkwheel]

[Ste]

[Easy-X]

The offences are not the problem but the process is objectionable. It's hard enough right now just with the bureaucratic system of computers + people to appeal an incorrect fine but imagine going to court and you can't even face your accuser once the whole thing is fully automated...

https://64.media.tumblr.com/b6907b31393d5fcca2230af9b93597af/2cde05363c657151-97/s540x810/7936e5ef9b777ef83e6902a08b689b07591ff683.gifv
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Actually, AI says 'I think this shows an offence', human looks at photo AI shows and says 'Yes it is' and starts the prosecution. The human is your accuser, not the AI.
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[Easy-X]

[Nobby the Bastard]

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[MCN]

[Easy-X]

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[Easy-X]

I'll be blunt: I wouldn't want to hold a conversation while driving/riding regardless of whether the device were fixed / part of the car. Trying to hold a conversation via mobile phone is more mentally taxing than with a passenger in the vehicle. I'm talking in neurological terms, I've no idea how much of a pain your other half is
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