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China has been using biometric technologies for a while to scan the public. Now they are being used to identify jaywalkers and send them warning via SMS, along with a fine.
China plans to roll out a national social credit system by 2020, which will keep a record of citizens' violation of laws and directly affect their ability to do things like get a loan or get hired for a job. According to the South China Morning Post, devices like the jaywalking facial recognition system will be part of this network to keep track of the number of jaywalking violations and change a person's social credit score accordingly.
Major cities have already deployed similar facial recognition activities to monitor traffic behavior and track drivers.
From Motherboard : China Is Using Facial Recognition Technology to Send Jaywalkers Fines Through Text Messages.
See also South China Morning Post : Jaywalkers under surveillance in Shenzhen soon to be punished via text messages.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Nuke on Friday March 30 2018, @12:31PM (2 children)
Jaywalking is not "jumping in front of a car". I understand that in the USA it is crossing a road with pedestrian signals when "Walk" is not displayed.
I am in the UK, and in places there are red and green pedestrian signals, but until I become old and decrepit I usually feel safer making my own decision when to cross. I'd rather cross when there is a gap in the traffic and the pedestrian light is red, than when it is green for me but I'm expected to walk across in front of a row of stopped cars all straining on their brakes to take off like rockets, or who are still approaching at speed anticipating that the lights will go green for them before they get there.
In other words, I'd rather rely on my own capabilities than on other people's capabilities.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 30 2018, @02:32PM
> I'd rather rely on my own capabilities than on other people's capabilities.
In a similar vein, I always figured that I was smarter than walk/don't walk traffic signals. Even if these are replaced with AI controls, I'm guessing that I'm still going to be smarter!
And at least once I did the same thing with a traffic light while driving -- I was getting back to a motel in the middle of the night and refused to wait for a long signal to get into the motel parking lot. The area was lit and sight lines were a good 1/4 mile (300 m) in all directions, so I ran the red light for the week that I was there. Amazing, eh? Not a scratch on the rental car and no traffic tickets either. /s
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Friday March 30 2018, @07:57PM
Jaywalking is defined as walking against a signal or crossing a street where it is posted prohibited, or where there is a physical obstacle such as a center divider. Most states assume a crosswalk is in existence any other place and pedestrians/cyclists generally have the right of way, but as pointed out here, be legally correct is trumped by being dead or severely physically damaged.
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