High-tech road safety van to be deployed around the Humber…

High-tech equipment able to catch drivers using handheld mobile phones and not wearing seat belts will be deployed around the Humber region next week. Safer Roads Humber has once again teamed up with National Highways and Acusensus to utilise the new enforcement equipment following a successful trial in March 2023. The detection unit will be rolled out across the area during the week starting Monday, June 10. Following the pilot last year, it was reported the new road safety van had caught nearly 300 motorists potentially breaking the law in just five days around East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire. READ MORE: Take a look around the new road camera van that caught 56 drivers on day one See more traffic and travel news from Hull Live Ahead of the rollout, partnership manager Ian Robertson said: “Safer Roads Humber is pleased to be working with partners again on this project to detect drivers who use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving or failing to use their seat belt. “National research shows that most drivers comply with these traffic laws, but a small minority choose not to, putting themselves and others at risk.” He added: “This state-of-the-art equipment increases our enforcement capability; our current safety camera vans can already detect mobile phone users, seat belt offences and other offences such as careless driving, but this specialist equipment gives us added capacity.” The mobile phone and seat belt unit uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify motorists potentially breaking the law. The image is then sent to an officer who completes a secondary check and only those committing offences will be prosecuted. The new van uses AI technology Motorists caught on their phones while driving face £200
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