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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Clue in the windscreen may be key in legal challenge to Queensland’s AI traffic fine system

Eveylyn Trueman seated at her steering wheel, with inset of photo taken by seatbelt camera
Evelyn Trueman (right) is fighting the fine she received for driving a passenger without a seatbelt, and says the photograph supplied by the Queensland government (inset) is not her car. Composite: Dan Peled/Evelyn Trueman

Evelyn Trueman did jury duty once but, other than that, has never been to court. Now the 79-year-old Brisbane pensioner is preparing to represent herself against the Queensland government in one of several cases set to test the artificial intelligence programs it uses to surveil drivers.

Trueman admits to being daunted. She had to enlist her son-in-law’s help to lodge the first online complaint – “he’s good with computers”.

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