Road accident deaths and traffic rule violations have plummeted after the artificial intelligence-powered camera surveillance system was deployed on State’s roads, Minister for Transport Antony Raju said on Friday.
Rule violations, which averaged around 4.5 lakh a day before the introduction of the AI camera system, have dropped to 70,000, and the number of deaths, from approximately 12 per day to 4 or 5 per day. These numbers will further drop with the government giving priority to road safety, Mr. Raju said, inaugurating a stakeholder consultation for ‘Policy Advocacy in Road Safety: Challenges and the Way Forward for Kerala.’
The one-day meeting was organised by Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS International) in association with the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) and the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA).