Did you know that in the past 10 years, there were over 1000 fatalities involving school busses and over 136.000 school bus related injuries?
Pittsburgh Public Schools are doing something to make their students safer, especially when cars that whiz by, even when the red school bus lights are flashing . They are working with a company that has an AI called "Ava". Ava collects all the information with her cameras that monitor up to 8 lanes of traffic. When a violation occurs, Ava collects all the data from the cameras. A fine of $300 is sent to the violator, and the district receives most of the money.
I think this is a good idea. Drivers need to obey the rules and keep our children safe.
To read about this program, please follow the link below.
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