AI to Catch Drivers.

Please tell me its not true!

You think AI is gonna stop all those things and the rest from happening ever again?

I don't think so.

Try rewarding people for good behaviour and see where it takes us.

A hundred percent

People only think now, short term.

Very little thought given to unintended consequences or where a policy will take us in 50 - 100 year's

Our belief in technology is embedded in us since we got sticks and stone's 100k year's ago.

And the way the state has been acting for the past few year's and policy's they've supported & made should give anybody with a bit of common sense a shiver down their back if asked to give up more privileges & privacy without reward.

So you give a tax credit for not breaking the law while driving. I don't have a car, do I get this tax break as well?

No

No thanks I'd rather drive my 50km route to work. Where abouts in rural Ireland are you because none of that is avaliable where I am.

And you're being very nieve & lying to yourself if you think you haven't broken a road law or rule in your life at some point in time.

Because you don't drive.

There isn't anything that can bring me to work on time and home on time consistently if there was I would us it.

Well then by that logic they're probably wouldn't be a single person allowed drive in this country because I see it everyday a rule or law bring broken where I'm from.

From Bus driver's, truck driver's, taxi driver's etc

All well qualified people.

It's what it'll be used for next is the concern & Unintended consequences.

I'd rather deal with a human Garda

And AI will only do one job, it won't be there to help people in a crash or whatever the reason/ situation a Garda can.

Somebody said earlier on the thread there was a 100 million budget for AI

How many Garda can that budget train or pay or hire and pay them well.

What's the reward for good driving? Being allowed to continue driving. That's it. If that's not enough, then you don't deserve to be on the road because you're doing it for other reasons. The level of driving in this country is shocking. I saw it in my 10 years as a Garda, and I see it every single time I drive, or even just look out the window and see the people flying by.

But that was bound to happen in a country that as a single test and then you're good for life. A country that has very clear and good road traffic laws, but are not enforced enough. A country where the lots of drivers think that only they are the best. A country where most drivers are oblivious to their faults. The main examples being holding a phone while driving, breaking lights and incorrectly and dangerously exiting roundabouts. And it's that last bit that's important.

These people don't see their faults, because usually they don't know what they're doing is wrong, be it due to being one of those who was just given a license way back when, or scraped past the driving test pre/post Theory Test and never have to sit it again. Madness. Driving test should be sat every 10 years or on renewal of license. It's obvious people are either oblivious to the laws they're breaking, or worse are deliberate in their not caring of driving that way.

And it is getting worse. Add on the fact that people who were barely able to control normal cars are now all buying crossover wanchor wagons in their droves. So now they can barely drive something twice as big. And expect everyone else to give way to them, even though it's their oversized unnecessary lump of useless that's the issue.

Bring on AI. Tbh, I don't care about the seatbelts, only dopes or people with genuine medical reasons don't wear them (and the latter are not the bad drivers, usually). But catching people holding a phone (not "on" or "using" a phone, another law people don't actually know), speeding, incorrect use of lanes, hopefully they extend it to exiting roundabouts correctly. Bring it on. Will spare up Gardai to do other duties (also, there's no such thing as a Traffic Corp anymore, it's a Roads Policing Unit). Civillian staff going over hundreds of pictures is cheaper than a few Gardai standing at the side of the road. They would filter the unclear (only 100% positive would go further, imo) and then a Garda would initiate the fine. That's what I reckon, but could be wrong. We don't know yet, but like using the civillian staff for answering 999, it will free up Gardai.

Not getting into the debate over which laws they should enforce. It's everyones responsibility to ensure they adhere to the laws. But that doesn't happen. AI/automation will quickly put a stop to most of it (from a road traffic standpoint). Only an actual dope would continue to break the laws after getting caught once or twice. When you see the effect points can have on insurance, well, it stopped me speeding. I don't accept the arguement that people will be out of jobs/homeless. If it gets that far, it's 100% on them and them alone. Drive legally. It's not hard. Just need to concentrate on the, you know, actual driving.