The Policeman's Nose

 

Can AI catch drunk drivers?

Auto Express are reporting on a trial by Devon & Cornwall Police this month to try and find out.

It uses "cloud-based algorithms" so it must be good.

The idea is to plonk a policeman at the side of the road then get cameras to look at cars on nearby roads to see if there is any driving that could indicate an impaired person at the wheel.

It seems to be a possible solution to the issue of the loss of thousands of experienced police officers, including traffic officers, during the cuts of the last Government.  That's a lot of noses.

I hope they are combining the cameras properly though - I was following a car on the motorway yesterday that kept veering out of its lane - I have no doubt that the driver was using a phone - and probably sober.

So will it work?

Who nose?