Drivers beware: AI traffic cop is being used on roads in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire to catch people using phones and not wearing seat belts

It might look like nothing more than a camera on a stick, but this AI traffic cop could help to crack down on bad drivers. Today, Safer Roads Humber will deploy an AI-powered mobile camera to catch drivers on their phones and not wearing seatbelts. The camera, operated by Australian road safety company Acusensus, will be on the roads of East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire for a week. This is the second time the AI camera has been deployed in the area as part of a UK-wide trial conducted by National Highways. Ian Robertson, from the Safer Roads Humber partnership, says: 'This state-of-the-art equipment increases our enforcement capability.'