• 智能标志可以判断驾驶员是否超速、未系安全带或使用手机，并提醒他们安全驾驶。
• 技术正在全国各地进行试点，包括西雅图和华盛顿特区
• 这些标志无法收集个人数据，也不会发放罚单，但可以提醒您保持注意力集中。

如今，道路上常见的便携式标志可以向驾驶员显示其速度的数字读数，并告诉他们在超速时减速。在一些地方，这些标志现在也会告诉分心的司机也放下手机。

使用红外和微波技术的“智能标志”正在全国各地进行试验，例如西雅图、华盛顿和华盛顿特区。这些城市表示，这些设备可以判断驾驶员是否超速、未系安全带或分心驾驶。

阅读：尽管 2023 年下降，美国交通死亡人数仍然过高

与上述数字速度读数一样，智能标志实际上并不能惩罚驾驶员。然而，美国国家公共广播电台报道称，他们可以警告司机，他们正在犯失礼，并告诉他们“放下手机”，以期阻止不良行为。另一方面，开车好的人会受到笑脸的欢迎。

制作这些标牌的 SaferStreet Solutions 首席执行官蒂姆·霍根 (Tim Hogan) 表示，当车辆在一个地点停留一个月时，这项技术可以将分心驾驶的情况减少高达 40%。驾驶员注意力的任何改善都是积极的。

为保险公司跟踪驾驶员行为的剑桥移动远程信息处理公司最近发布的一份报告显示，自疫情爆发以来，美国开车时使用手机的情况出现了惊人的增长。

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该公司在最近的一份报告中写道：“根据 CMT 的几乎所有指标，美国道路上分心驾驶的情况比以往任何时候都更加严重。” “司机在开车时使用手机的时间越来越多，而且出行次数也越来越多。2022 年，司机在近 58% 的行程中都会与手机互动。”

与此同时，疫情期间美国道路危险急剧上升，高死亡人数被形容为一场国家危机。尽管 2023 年死亡人数略有下降，但仍明显高于大流行之前，去年美国有超过 40,000 人死于道路上。

华盛顿交通安全联盟等社区组织者希望这些不使用摄像头且无法收集个人数据的标志能够起到提醒安全驾驶的作用。因此，它启动了一项试点计划，使用四个智能标志，这些标志将在西雅图、阿尔戈纳、金县等 12 个地点轮流使用，每次为期八周。

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Smart Traffic Signs Spot Phone Usage, Tell You To Put It Down

Pilot programs are underway for "smart signs" that use infrared and microwave technology to detect distracted driving and speeding

by Sebastien Bell

• Smart signs can tell if a driver is speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, or using their phone and will remind them to drive safely.
• Technology is being piloted in locations across the country, including Seattle and Washington, D.C.
• The signs cannot collect personal data and don’t issue tickets, but act as a reminder to stay focused.

Portable signs that show drivers a digital readout of their speed and tell them to slow down if they’re speeding are a common site on the road today. In some places, those signs will now tell distracted drivers to put their phones down, too.

“Smart signs” that use infrared and microwave technology are being trialed in different locations across the country, such as Seattle, Washington, and Washington, D.C. Cities say these devices can tell if a driver is speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, or driving distracted.

Read: US Traffic Deaths Still Too High Despite 2023 Decline

Like the above-mentioned digital speed readouts, the smart signs can’t actually punish drivers. However, NPR reports that they can warn the driver that they’re committing a faux pas, and tell them to “put your phone down,” in the hopes of discouraging the bad behavior. On the other hand, people who are driving well are greeted by a smiley face.

Tim Hogan, the CEO of SaferStreet Solutions, which makes the signs, said that the technology can reduce distracted driving by up to 40 percent when it’s left in a single location for a month. Any improvement in driver focus is a positive.

According to a recent report from Cambridge Mobile Telematics, which tracks driver behavior for insurers, there has been an alarming rise in phone use behind the wheel in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic.

“By almost every metric CMT measures, distracted driving is more present than ever on US roadways,” the company wrote in a recent report. “Drivers are spending more time using their phones while driving and doing it on more trips. Drivers interacted with their phones on nearly 58 percent of trips in 2022.”

At the same time, the danger on America’s roads rose sharply during the pandemic, and the high level of fatalities has been described as a national crisis. Although deaths fell slightly in 2023, they are still significantly higher than they were before the pandemic, and last year more than 40,000 people died on America’s roads.

Community organizers, such as the Washington Traffic Safety Coalition, hope that these signs —which do not use cameras and cannot collect personal data — will act as a reminder to drive safely. As a result, it has started a pilot program using four smart signs that will rotate around 12 locations, including Seattle, Algona, King County, and more for eight weeks at a time.