Traffic Camera Mistakes Woman for Car, Issues Ticket to Car Owner
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Cameras with AI image recognition are found everywhere these days, from the smartphones in our pockets to factory floors. But whenever artificial intelligence" is part of the equation, there's a chance for hilarity to ensue.
The Daily Mail reports that a 54-year-old UK man named David Knight from Dorking, Surrey, recently received a 90 (~$125) fine. His offense: driving down a bus lane in the city of Bath 120 miles away.
He had not been driving down a bus lane in Bath, so Knight looked closer at the photographic evidence printed on the notice. He was surprised to find that it didn't show his car at all, but rather a woman walking down the road.
[...] It turns out the traffic camera had mistaken the woman for a car due to her shirt, which had the word KNITTER across the front. Knight's car has the license plate KN19TER, and it seems the woman's bag strap caused the camera to see KN19TER" as the car's" license plate.
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