AI Intersection Monitoring Could Yield Safer Streets

In cities across USThe goal of an ambition is to gain traction: Sport seeingThe strategy of eliminating all traffic deaths and severe injuries. It was implemented for the first time in Sweden In the 1990s, Vision Zero has already Deaths on the roads there by 50 percent From 2010 levels. Now, like technology companies Stop and Obvio.ai They are trying to bring the results seen in Europe to the American streets with camera systems operating in Amnesty International designed to maintain the sincerity of drivers, even when the police are not present.

Local governments turn into artificial intelligence Cameras to Monitor intersections The arrest of drivers who see signs of stopping as mere suggestions. High risks: About half of all car accidents occur at intersections, and a lot of tragedy. By automating the enforcement of the rules against stops, speed and failure in the return, these systems aim to change the driver’s behavior forever. Carrots are safer ways and reduce insurance rates; The stick is the cite for those who break the law.

Children’s stops

Stop for Kids, based in Great NECK, New York, is one of the companies that lead fees in residential areas and school areas. Participant founder and CEO Camran Barily He was driven by a personal tragedy: In 2018, his three -year -old wife and son were injured by a mysterious driver while crossing the street. “The influence launched them about 18 meters on the street, as they fell strongly on the asphalt berth,” said Barily. Both survived, but the experiment left it determined to find a solution.

He and his neighbors pressed the municipality to put the radar speed signs. But they turned into reverse results. “The adolescents were competing to find out who could lead to the highest number,” says Barily. “The additional police only worked until the drivers sent a text message to each other to watch them.”

So, Barily and his brother, long -term program EntrepreneursThey directed their technical works to develop a camera that is enabled from artificial intelligence that does not take a day and can see it in the dark. They are installed at intersections, cameras discover vehicles that fail to reach a complete stop; Then the system automatically releases the cite. Artificial intelligence is used to draw digital “binding boxes” around vehicles to track their behavior without looking at faces or activities inside the car. If the driver stops properly, any shots are deleted immediately. Videos of violations, on the other hand, are stored safely and associated with DMV Records to issue tickets for vehicle owners. The local municipality determines the amount of the fine.

Stopping for children saw promising results. In the 2022 pilot of technology in the town of Sandal Rock in Long Island, New York, compliance with signs of stopping 3 percent to 84 percent jumped within 90 days of the installation of cameras. Today, this number is 94 percent, says Barily. “It comes with 6 percent of non -compliance with an overwhelming majority of the region’s visitors who do not realize that the cameras are present.” Since then, the company has installed its camera systems in the municipalities in New York and Florida, With some cities In California until after that.

On the project to stop experimental children, the cameras at intersections were greatly installed from the drivers compliance with the three -month stopping marks.Stop

However, some experts say they will wait for the judgment to be effective. “These results are impressive,” he says Daniel SchwarsA strategic expert for privacy and technology in The Civil Liberties Union in New York (NYCLU). “But these marketing allegations are rarely supported by independent studies that confirm the validity of what artificial intelligence techniques can do.”

Privacy issues in automatic ticket systems

Privacy is a great concern for societies that are considering applying the camera. In the stopping system for children, the faces are inside the vehicles and in the rest of the scene are automatically unclear. Determination of images comes only from artificial intelligence Licensing reader. DMV data is only shared with the local authorities that deal with categories. The company has created an online evidence gate that allows vehicle owners to review the shots and conflict tickets, which helps to ensure that the system remains a guest and transparent.

The International Energy Agency groups are not convinced that this type of technology will not be subject to the crawling of the task. They say that the gear that was originally presented may be updated to help in reaching the friendly goal of reducing traffic to carry out things outside this range.

“the previous“Setting the general goal of such publishing is simple as the software payment,” says Schwarz of NYCLU.

Obvio.ai approach

Meanwhile, in San Carlos, California, another startup follows a similar approach with its own development. Founded in 2023, Obvio.ai designed a solar -powered camera system, and is enabled on facilities and street lamps near intersections. Like stopping for children, the OBVIO system detects rolling stops, illegal turns, and failure to return. But instead of automating the entire setting, local governments review potential violations before issuing any quotes, ensuring that the person is always in the episode.

Obvio.ai, co -founder and president Dhruv Maheshwari He says the company’s cameras are working on Solar energy He called his cloud servant via 5GThis makes it easy to publish without a large building. AI Obvio processor, installed on the site with the camera, is used Computer vision Models to identify cars, BicycleAnd Infantry In real time. The system is constantly flowing the shots, but only storing clips when it is likely to be a violation. Everything else is deleted automatically within hours to protect privacy. As with children’s technology stopping, cameras are not used Facial recognition To identify drivers – just a car License plate.

Last summer, Obvio.ai held a partnership with Prince George County, Maryland, for a pilot program across cities such as Collama Manor, Murnegaside, Boy, and College Park. Within weeks, the stopping violations were cut in half. In Bowie, local leaders have avoided concerns about the camera operating system as it is a plan for “tickets for profit” by sending warning messages instead of fines during the experimental period.

Vision Zero is the goal

Although both stop children and obvio.ai, he refused to provide any details about where their cameras will appear after that, he told Barelli IEEE SICTRUM About 60 cities in Long Island, near the place where its pilot was interested. “They have asked the state’s legislative council to present a clear framework that governs what they can do with systems like our systems,” says Barily. “At the present time, it is considered by the Senate in the state.”

“In the end, we hope that our technology will become outdated,” said Mahishwari. ))