AI powered CCTV cameras to target helmetless motorcyclists in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: PR department Region 3 Chiang Mai

 

The PR department of Region 3 Chiang Mai reported that AI cameras installed in five districts of the northern Thai province would target motorcycle riders and pillion passengers not wearing helmets. 

 

The cameras will begin operation on December 15th and tickets will be sent automatically to the bike owner through the post.

 

Traffic deputy Pol Lt-Col Suphachai Janthara said that night time accidents accounted for 70% of all accidents in Chiang Mai.

 

He said that campaigns to promote helmet use had largely failed. 

 

It was now time to install the 24 hour cameras so that people get the message that wearing helmets will save lives. 

 

Accident prevention expert Dr theerawut Komathabutr said that 80% of vehicle owners in Chiang Mai had motorcycles. 

 

If they were all to wear helmets 100 lives a year could be saved, he claimed. 

 

Source: PR department Region 3 Chiang Mai

 

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Anyone want to take bets on how long these CCTV cameras will remain in service? I give them a week.

Wonder if they will be as effective as the cameras that stop the red light runners.

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

AI powered CCTV cameras to target helmetless motorcyclists in Chiang Mai

 

Picture: PR department Region 3 Chiang Mai

 

The PR department of Region 3 Chiang Mai reported that AI cameras installed in five districts of the northern Thai province would target motorcycle riders and pillion passengers not wearing helmets. 

 

The cameras will begin operation on December 15th and tickets will be sent automatically to the bike owner through the post.

 

Traffic deputy Pol Lt-Col Suphachai Janthara said that night time accidents accounted for 70% of all accidents in Chiang Mai.

 

He said that campaigns to promote helmet use had largely failed. 

 

It was now time to install the 24 hour cameras so that people get the message that wearing helmets will save lives. 

 

Accident prevention expert Dr theerawut Komathabutr said that 80% of vehicle owners in Chiang Mai had motorcycles. 

 

If they were all to wear helmets 100 lives a year could be saved, he claimed. 

 

Source: PR department Region 3 Chiang Mai

 

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Whilst they are at it they can ensure all bikes have head and tail lamps and put an end to the stealth bikes.

they were told to stop the "check points"  that made them money.

 

hence the new cameras for  red light runners,   and now helmets;

 

all about money,  though stopping red light running is a bonus.   that can kill others.     

While they are at it, a fine for non-functional lights might stop some of the accidents before they need that helmet they're not wearing.

 

Some lunatic with no headlight tried to slip between me and the car in the centre lane on Mahidol Road the other night.  The vehicle behind me had its lights on main beam and was tailgating and I only saw this crazy just in time to avoid starting to change lanes.  A very close call.

3 minutes ago, rumak said:

they were told to stop the "check points"  that made them money.

 

hence the new cameras for  red light runners,   and now helmets;

 

all about money

At least this way the fines are likely to be on the books and not into the pocket. Surely any method of preventing people from injury is better than none?

1 minute ago, Greenside said:

At least this way the fines are likely to be on the books and not into the pocket. Surely any method of preventing people from injury is better than none?

my edit did not go through.     stop the red light runners is great.  they hurt others

 

as far as helmets and seat belts........  should be up to individual    ( IMO ! )

What about no lights on the rear of the bike?

What about no number plate?

 

4 hours ago, rumak said:

far as helmets and seat belts........  should be up to individual    ( IMO ! )

Yes I agree.

Never understand why so much fuss about the non helmet wearing.  I can see it for kids, but for adults should be an individual choice. Just like smoking 3 packs a day or stuffing/eating until you are so fat and obese you kill yourself. 

i give it a few days before the ai system has this reponse to thai driving....

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

AI cameras installed in five districts of the northern Thai province would target motorcycle riders and pillion passengers not wearing helmets. 

 

with missile's .? 

The intention is admirable but ..

and who is responsible for the pillion passenger who has no link to the licence plate or ownership of the vehicle

 

and I agree that a wearing a helmet is only a risk to the individual not wearing it, there are many other priorities on Thai roads that risk others - to many to list here 

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

Yes I agree.

Never understand why so much fuss about the non helmet wearing.  I can see it for kids, but for adults should be an individual choice. Just like smoking 3 packs a day or stuffing/eating until you are so fat and obese you kill yourself. 

 

Flawed thinking.... 

 

If some idiot without a helmet pulls out in front of me and I hit him, a helmet can be the difference between a few cuts and bruises and severe head trauma and death... All it takes is a fall and to smack ones head of the road / curb and the person driving the car has to live with the guilt of inadvertently and unavoidably killing someone, also having to deal with the compensation clams that will come from that (reason to have a dash-cam). 

 

Thus: Riding without a helmet is most certainly not ‘victimless’....

 

Durr.....I never understand how they come up with the rules . with out thinking them through .how do you send a fine to a person that they have no Idea who the bike belongs too with no plate....

You want to make it non mandatory to wear a helmut,,,, you are crazy !!!!

What about the cost to the community of the brain damaged vegetables filling up the hospitals 

& using valuable health facilities when a lot of it is preventable ?

Believe it or not, in the Netherlands they put controlling officers in busses to check truckdrivers etc. are not using there cellphones while they driving, even on bridges and viaducts they put now cameras for the same check.

How far can you go, sure for safety, but....it is only for the money.

Spot the AI.

On 11/27/2020 at 10:31 AM, Greenside said:

While they are at it, a fine for non-functional lights might stop some of the accidents before they need that helmet they're not wearing.

 

Some lunatic with no headlight tried to slip between me and the car in the centre lane on Mahidol Road the other night.  The vehicle behind me had its lights on main beam and was tailgating and I only saw this crazy just in time to avoid starting to change lanes.  A very close call.

You were extremely lucky. You avoided paying potentially huge hospital bills, the rider's I mean. 

Thai law is too often only about the deepest pockets. 

20 hours ago, mr mr said:

i give it a few days before the ai system has this reponse to thai driving....

 

 

555 The blue screen of death now that brings back memories.

 

As for using AI and cameras to catch helmetless riders, they will need quality cameras and facial recognition to identify the faces, Many bikes don't even have licence plates or plates are tucked up under the seat so as to be unreadable.

 

I was in Chiang Mai at end of Setember and got pulled over 3 times in 2 days at checkpoints for motorcycle licence checks. I've never had that here in Bangkok.

 

On 11/27/2020 at 11:12 AM, ChipButty said:

What about no lights on the rear of the bike?

Seen bikes with red on the front & white on the back!

On 11/26/2020 at 11:12 PM, ChipButty said:

What about no lights on the rear of the bike?

or the FRONT!

22 hours ago, Grusa said:

Spot the AI.

Word to the wise..nevertake that helmet off---yoink!!!  do those go pros have smoke vision installed?

 

Reminds me to reinstall my dark face shield......the tags on my mbike arent in my name either.....chok dee!

On 11/27/2020 at 4:12 AM, ChipButty said:

What about no lights on the rear of the bike?

 

It's to stop the ghosts following them ..

 

On 11/27/2020 at 10:42 AM, rumak said:

as far as helmets and seat belts........  should be up to individual    ( IMO ! )

If this is your decision you should forgo any insurance coverage - as a complete and utter lack of taking reasonable and prudent measures to ensure your own safety.

Anyone in this day and age who does not know that wearing helmets and seat belts save lives ...

25 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

If this is your decision you should forgo any insurance coverage - as a complete and utter lack of taking reasonable and prudent measures to ensure your own safety.

Anyone in this day and age who does not know that wearing helmets and seat belts save lives ...

yours is just another reminder how much i hate people telling me what is good for me.

 

Just take care of your own life.........

 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, rumak said:

yours is just another reminder how much i hate people telling me what is good for me.

 

Just take care of your own life.........

 

 

It's also not just about what’s good for you, but what is good for other people and society as a whole. 

 

A motorcyclists choice not to wear a helmet is one which can affect another innocent party in an accident, one which can impact your family and one which can cost the community.

 

 

I read so many people suggest that not wearing a helmet only impacts them, but it doesn’t, there is a lot more too it than a dumbed down and over simplified view point.

 

‘Perhaps the difference between being the main bread winner for your family and being the main burden as you require 24/7 care in a disabled state; all a result of a minor 30kmh bump in which your head impacted the ground while not wearing a helmet’.

 

There is no true metric to measure the 'what ifs’...   But neither is ‘I hate people telling me what to do’ a justifiable argument not to wear a helmet. 

 

‘I hate people telling me what to do’  - do you also object to traffic lights, speed limits etc ?? (rhetorical - of course you don’t) - Life is full of being told what to do, all for the ‘greater good’, however the reality is people need to be told what to do because in aggregate people are stupid, some people even don’t want to wear helmets !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

There is no true metric to measure the 'what ifs’...   But neither is ‘I hate people telling me what to do’ a justifiable argument not to wear a helmet. 

 

i am not asking nor do i care who agrees with me. definitely do not need to justify it.   you have the right to post long posts of righteousness.      i have the right to tell you i don't care what you think.

 

i wish guys like you would all go back to the nanny states you all favor.   Ah,  but sadly wishes do not come true.    the funny thing is i usually wear a helmet,  do not smoke,  eat healthy,   and exercise,

But i do not try to tell others what is right or wrong.   Now,  would you like to tell me if believing in religion is going to give me salvation ?  

4 minutes ago, rumak said:

 

i am not asking nor do i care who agrees with me. definitely do not need to justify it.   you have the right to post long posts of righteousness.      i have the right to tell you i don't care what you think.

 

i wish guys like you would all go back to the nanny states you all favor.   Ah,  but sadly wishes do not come true.    the funny thing is i usually wear a helmet,  do not smoke,  eat healthy,   and exercise,

But i do not try to tell others what is right or wrong.   Now,  would you like to tell me if believing in religion is going to give me salvation ?  

 

 

You seem to have struggled to recognise the difference between righteousness and common sense. 

 

It seems you agree with helmet wearing etc - but just object to 'enforcement of the law to wear helmets’.

 

 

So your point is ‘you don’t want to be told what to do (by law)’ even if you agree with what you are being told to do !!!

 

 

 

 

Seems like you are arguing for the sake of argument...  like one of those guys who sees their ‘rights being stripped away’ and cries government control conspiracy at every turn.