Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
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n an effort to upgrade the traffic management and enforce rules among the motorists through contactless means,the Bengaluru traffic police launched Intelligence Traffic management system installed at 50 junctions across the city .
This system according to Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) enables the traffic police to auto detect the traffic violations which includes speed limit,red light violations,stop lane,no helmet,triple riding,driving using mobile phones and driving without seat belts .
The ITMS consist of Artificial Intelligence enables solutions with 250 automatic number plate recognition cameras and 80 red light violation detection cameras installed at 50 junctions to detect the violations .
These cameras automatically detect the violations and generate Challans which were sent to the violators via SMS and through post .
These cameras record violations round the clock and the entire system is completely automated .
With this the system saves lot of traffic manpower which can be redeployed for traffic management and traffic regulation to provide better traffic service to public.
The objective of ITMS is to automatically detect traffic violations in a contactless manner and send auto generated challas to the violators with minimum human intervention,Mr.Saleem said .
The ITMS employes Artificial Intelligence and machine learning to automatically detect different traffic violations.
The Initiative also helps BTP in enhancing road safety through effective enforcemnent and ensuring road discipline thereby helping to reduce accidents and provide safer roads to commuters.
