Technology claims to detect

Israeli pedestrian detection start-up, Viziblezone, reports it has reached a major milestone in the development of its detector technology. The company claims that its prototype system has proven that it can detect pedestrians even hidden behind objects at distances of up to 150 metres. According to Viziblezone, while many technologies to mitigate vehicle-to-vehicle accidents have been developed in recent years, there remains a significant lack of vehicle-to-pedestrian accident prevention systems. Meanwhile, with the growth of autonomously driven vehicles, and the expansion of technologies such as robo-taxis, the risks to pedestrians are increasing exponentially at a rate that existing vehicle sensor systems can't effectively address, the company notes In June 2019, the World Health Organisation reported that in 2018, more than 1.5 million people were killed, and more than 50 million injured in road accidents. Of these casualties, more than 50 per cent were pedestrians and cyclists – a number that tragically continues to grow.