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ZIMBABWE INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER RAISE ALARM OVER RATE OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Posted on 28 May 2024 by Gambeta News

Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Felix Mhona, has highlighted the alarming rate of road traffic accidents in the country, with at least five fatalities occurring daily. This equates to an annual loss of approximately US$406 million, accounting for fatalities, injuries, hospitalizations, and the economic burden on beneficiaries. During a recent Senate session, Mhona noted that a significant number of these accidents involve unregistered vehicles or those lacking valid permits. He is collaborating with the…

NEW AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD SAFETY.

Posted on 14 September 201714 September 2017 by Gambeta News

An autonomous system capable of detecting actions which could suggest driver distractedness has been created by researchers at the university of waterloo. With the aid of machine learning algorithms it can detect patterns of behaviour when trained on enormous datasets to recognise the hand movements indicative of texting, talking on a phone, reaching into the backseat to retrieve an object and other actions which deviate from safe driving. In addition to the machine-learning software ,…