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A Canberra driver faces a $548 fine and three demerit points for allegedly using his phone while driving—but he insists he was just shifting gears in his manual car. His tech-savvy father, with a background in AI, is fighting the ticket with technical arguments and recreated images, claiming the camera captured an optical illusion. Despite his evidence—including pointing out the absence of a phone grip and visible seatbelt webbing—the fine stands. Access Canberra defends its AI system, saying flagged images are reviewed by specialists before final decisions. But the father argues the AI has a systemic flaw and the human reviewers lack the training to spot the nuances. This case exposes a dangerous blind spot in automated traffic enforcement: algorithms misreading everyday actions, leaving drivers caught in a battle they can’t win.

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