Traffic cameras using a neural network are fined for turned off headlights

In Nizhny Novgorod, a traffic camera system with a neural network was launched in July 2021: it was completed in less than two months

issued 7.3 thousand fines for driving with headlights off.

Of these, 48 decisions were canceled: the police did not say what was the reason. Now the fine for driving in the dark without headlights is 500 rubles. 

Only one recorded behavior on the roadCamera "Azimuth-3" on Comintern Street. There are such complexes in the Perm region, Orenburg, Bryansk, Tver, Voronezh regions and other regions. However, only in Nizhny Novgorod did the local traffic police decide to issue fines based on data. 

We tell all our customers that thisThere is a function in our complexes. A neural network is used to detect violations. Our cameras are certified, so from a legal point of view everything is legal.

Igor Goncharov, Deputy General Director of the Perm company "Road Safety Technologies"

From the point of view of the operating algorithm, the camera detects the state registration sign in traffic and detects the presence of contrast zones to the right and left of it: this is considered the main sign that the headlights are on.  

It is noted that the technological possibility of determining the switched on headlights appeared five years ago.

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