Name: Dutch test cameras to catch texting drivers
Uploaded: 2020-11-29T18:46:12.000Z
Duration: 1 min 35 s
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Dutch police are cracking down on distracted drivers.

They're testing new traffic cameras, which can spot motorists using their phones while driving on, then find them.

The software comes from Australian company One Task, where Alex McCready is the director.

The camera takes the takes images of every vehicle that passes, and then the computer analyzes those images.

Thio work out which one's the drivers holding the phone, and if the driver is not holding, the phone gets deleted immediately on if it is holding.

If the driver is holding the phone or interacting with their phone, then it sent through to the police to review a final final manual check by unauthorized officer before a fine is sent out.

Public Prosecutor for Road Safety Achilles Dam Is Says Distracted drivers are one of three main causes of severe road accidents in the country, but the camera system doesn't present a further distraction for drivers.

The cameras are infrared, which means drivers will not see a flash, and it doesn't detect the face of the driver.

It only sees the steering wheel, the hands eventually, the mobile device and, of course, the license plate of the car because that's what we used to.

 We send the fine to the owner of the car in the Netherlands, operating a mobile phone while driving is punishable by a fine of up to €240. 