Artificially intelligent electric scooters that can slow down or stop when being driven illegally will be rolled out in Tasmania in the first large-scale Australian trial of the technology.
In its initial phase the technology will be used to identify different types of paths across Hobart using symbols, road widths and other cues to differentiate between footpaths, bike paths and roads.
In its second stage, the technology would sound alerts when riders were exceeding speed limits or riding where they shouldn’t and in its final phase would automatically slow or stop e-scooters if they were being used to break the law.