Bengaluru engineer builds AI helmet to flag traffic violations; netizens call it 'super innovation'

A Bengaluru based engineer has developed an innovative AI-enabled helmet that records traffic violations in rea-time. Pankaj Tanwar took to his social media accounts to talk about his creation, where he "hacked his helmet into traffic police device".

"I was tired of stupid people on road so I hacked my helmet into a traffic police device," he wrote on X.

"While i ride, ai agent runs in near real time, flags violations, and proof with location & no plate goes straight to police," he added while also attaching images of the helmet and a picture that captured a man riding a two-wheeler without helmet.

The picture shows a red marking around the passenger who rides without a helmet, and details like location, number plate goes straight to the police.

Tanwar also posted a picture where a man was sticking his head out of car sunroof, while the device marked it as "stunt driving".

The post garnered over 2 million views and a flurry of comments, many asking the engineer to do something for reporting the potholes too.

"Super innovation," a user commented.

Another user wrote, "add a feature to report potholes, their inbox would explode."

"We need this tech for potholes," commented a third.

"Now this is truely revolutionary. 1000 people using this in bangalore with sending 100k emails per day!" commented a fourth.

As his post went viral, he even got a reply on X from Bengaluru City Police.

"We have come across your recent post regarding the helmet-based traffic violation detection concept and fount the idea innovative and interesting from a road safety perspective," the message read.