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AI cameras spot toddlers not wearing seat belts

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  Police said 109 children were among more than 2,000 detected by artificial intelligence (AI) cameras on three A-roads in the region between July and August.

That's more kids than I would've guessed.

  He said the technology had been "hugely effective" in changing driver behaviour in areas of Australia, with mobile phone offences changing from "one in 80 to one in 600".

Apparently they work? Though maybe because they're so obvious? The picture in this story shows on, and it's not exactly hidden.

Even though I wear seat belts and think everyone should as a rational choice for themselves, I would rather not have the patronizing surveillance state controlling everything about me like this. It just feels like safetyism gone wild.

If I see a government wasting money on this, the first thing I would think is that they have too much tax revenue and too much power. The next thing on my mind, would be what this kind of thing is normalizing and where they’ll go next in terms of surveillance and intrusion into my life.

I somewhat agree with you on the surveillance state. When I first saw the headline, I immediately thought that it must be about the UK.

That said, toddlers aren't old enough to demand a seatbelt or to know about physics or anything. I find this to be as dangerous as dangling them out a second-floor window. I mean, it's probably going to be okay, but why are you doing that?

So in my mind, saying this is safetyism gone wild might be an overstatement in this case.

> said it was "truly alarming" children were among those captured on camera

Agree with the quote, but for a very different reason. Government overreach when they are this invasive with recording everything, sadly seems on par for the UK.

Let's turn the surveillance apparati on the legislators first and ensure perfect behavior from them. Then we can talk about the general public

You realize I’m against the surveillance, right?

I'm agreeing with you, and adding in to those pushing for it, "you first". Then it won't happen because surveillance is what happens to the common people, not the important ones. /s, in case it needs saying.

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