Speed camera that also checks your seatbelt, insurance and calls police on its own

Speed cameras have dubious legality in many places here in the States, but over in Europe they’re an ugly fact of life. Now they’re getting smarter, and the first is going into deployment in Finland. It’s called ASSET, the Advanced Safety and Driver Support for Essential Road Transport, which confusingly abbreviates to ASDSERT and is the product of £7 in government funding and years of development. Each of the £50,000 (about $70,000) cameras can naturally tell just how fast you’re going and, if you’re speeding, take a picture of you and your license plate number. That’s just the beginning. It can also look up the status of your insurance, tell if you’re wearing a seatbelt,