Radars: beware, this new model knows if you are calling while driving

Calling while driving is an offence. In addition to endangering all road users around you, it is therefore exposing yourself to a fine… subject, of course, to being spotted by the authorities. In this kind of scenario, indicates the government on the official road safety platform, you will have to suffer a fixed fine of 135 euros and the withdrawal of three points from your driving license. It is also important to remember that the sanction also falls for all motorists who opt for a hands-free kit.

“Since July 1, 2015, the wearing of any device likely to emit sound by the driver of a vehicle in circulation is also prohibited, with the exception of electronic deafness-correcting devices. Earpieces for making calls or listening to music are part of this ban”, can we read on the platform. It should also be remembered that any stationary vehicle (except in cases of force majeure) “must be regarded as still in circulation” since the judgment issued on January 23, 2018 by the Court of Cassation.

Despite this ban, French people tend to telephone while driving, recalls La Dépêche on its site. To remedy this, the State could now consider the deployment of a certain number of new devices… including photo radars capable of identifying the use of a telephone while driving. It is an Australian company, Acusensus, which has developed such a device and made such an option possible (on which the executive has not yet spoken, however).

In fact, our colleagues specify, several shots are taken to counter the reflections of the windshield. They are then analyzed by an artificial intelligence which makes it possible to determine whether the individual photographed is illegal or not. A method which does not yet make it possible to identify hands-free kits but which has nevertheless proven itself: in Australia, road deaths have dropped by 18% since their entry into force.