New ‘AI’ speed camera with 4D radar technology can scan drivers inside a vehicle

The UK has seen the introduction of the world’s first AI speed camera which has the capability to scan drivers inside their cars if they are caught speeding.

Inventors of the technology, Redspeed International, are global leaders in the field of camera enforcement, and are currently ‘pioneering the next generation of advanced road safety solutions through applied camera technology’.

The camera was installed on the A23 in Lambeth, South London.

The 4D radar and high-resolution cameras are able to tell how far over the speed limit a driver is travelling, as well as capturing those behind the wheel who are using a mobile phone or are not using their seat belts.

The tech can also be used to see if too many people are inside the vehicle.

According to the Redspeed website, their Sentio camera can be linked to DVLA and UK police databases to check tax and insurance. This can then be used to help with a prosecution of drivers breaking the law.

The camera itself can monitor up to six lanes of traffic and will be used in conjunction with other cameras on the roads.

On the company website it states: “Redspeed Sentio is designed to be whatever camera you want it to be.

“In combining several key enforcement applications and having AI at its heart, Redspeed Sentio has the built-in modular flexibility, capability and scalability to meet virtually any future challenge.”

However, there are critics to the trial speed cameras.

Brian Gregory, from the Alliance of British Drivers, said: “It’s clear that the hollow assurances the motoring public was given about speed cameras being used exclusively to prevent accidents was always a total sham.

“The objective is actually to maximise their revenue-generating potential.”

Jake Hurfurt, Head of Big Brother Watch, said: “This kind of intrusive and creepy surveillance, which treats every passer-by as a potential suspect, is excessive and normalising.

“It poses a threat to everyone’s privacy. People should be free to go about their lives without being analysed by faceless AI systems.”