300 traffic cases filed within a week with AI-camera support: DMP chief

More than 300 lawsuits related to traffic rules violations at 30 points in the capital were filed over the past week with AI-camera support, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Sarwar on Monday.

Within the next six months, the government will fully automate traffic case filing procedures in the capital, leading to daily lawsuit count of at least 1,000, the police officer said.

He made the remarks while inaugurating solar-powered traffic lights at the Dhaka airport crossing.

The artificial intelligence cameras can prepare footages of traffic violations within seconds of an offence, he said. Afterwards, addresses of violators are drawn from the BRTA database, and letters informing case filing are delivered to these addresses, Md Sarwar added.

Within a few weeks, the process will be rolled out to send notifications via mobile applications or SMS, he noted. Then the violators can pay fines digitally, he added.