Kuwait has announced the installation of smart traffic cameras that have the ability to detect mobile phone usage while driving, in addition to speed limit and traffic light violations.
The cameras can also record illegal turns, it was reported.
The application of the state-of-art cameras will help in reducing accidents that inflict human and material losses, Lt Gen Tawheed Al-Kandari, director general of relations and security information at the Interior Ministry, told Kuna.
According to the ministry statistics, the total amount of traffic violations from Jan 1 till the end of November in 2022 amounted to 3.4 million.
Accidents claimed 170 lives, it said, noting that lack of attention by drivers was the prime cause.
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