{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-01T08:25:52.809Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"traffic-fine","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2023","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2023-netherlands-driver-says-police-ai-phone-camera-flagged-him-for-holding-phone-while-scratching-head-380-euro-fine","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"De slimme camera’s van de politie zijn uitgerust met kunstmatige intelligentie.; De foto van de overtreding moet ook nog door een agent worden gecontroleerd.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Dat is een mobiele flitscamera van de politie die met kunstmatige intelligentie registreert of iemand aan het bellen is.; Bij flitsfoto's gemaakt met een MONOcam moet een agent altijd nog zelf de foto beoordelen op overtredingen.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"In de video wordt uitgelegd dat een algoritme bepaalt of iemand een mobiel apparaat vasthoudt tijdens het rijden. Vervolgens moet een politiemedewerker beoordelen of er daadwerkelijk een overtreding is begaan.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Dutch police use mobile smart cameras with artificial intelligence that judge from a photo whether a driver is holding a mobile phone, after which a police officer reviews the photo before a fine is issued.","causal_attribution":"Description of the system by two outlets and by the driver from a police video; no police statement on this case."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Volgens de officiële beschikking had ik halverwege oktober als bestuurder tijdens het rijden een mobiel elektrisch apparaat vastgehouden.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"kreeg meteen een boete van 380 euro. Plus nog 9 euro administratiekosten.; vroeg hij de foto van de overtreding op de snelweg A2 bij Weert op.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Maar de politie oordeelde dat hij zat te bellen. Kosten: 380 euro en 9 euro voor de administratie.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The driver received a fine of 380 euros plus 9 euros in administration costs for holding a mobile device while driving, for a photo taken on the A2 motorway near Weert in October 2023.","causal_attribution":"The driver's account of the fine notice, repeated by both outlets from interviews with him; the notice itself was not inspected."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Op de foto is te zien dat ik mijn hand bij mijn gezicht heb, maar ik heb niks vast in mijn hand.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Ik heb een auto met de mogelijkheid om er handsfree te bellen. Ook ben ik linkshandig, maar ik krab daar met mijn rechterhand aan mijn hoofd.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Op de flitsfoto was te zien dat hij tijdens het rijden over de A2 bij Weert aan zijn hoofd zat.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The driver says the flash photo shows his empty hand near his face because he was scratching his head, that his car allows hands-free calling and that he is left-handed.","causal_attribution":"The driver's own account of the photo; RTL describes the photo it published."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"wordt uitgelegd hoe de Monocam, de camera die mij geflitst heeft, gebruikt wordt.; In mijn geval heeft het algoritme dus gezegd dat ik een mobiel apparaat vasthoud tijdens het rijden én de medewerker van de politie heeft dat geaccepteerd.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"is waarschijnlijk gemaakt door een MONOcam.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Deze AI-camera had zich dus vergist.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The driver says the camera was a MONOcam whose algorithm judged that he was holding a mobile device and that the reviewing police employee accepted that judgement; RTL Nieuws reported that the photo was probably taken by a MONOcam, and Omroep Brabant described the fine as the AI camera's mistake.","causal_attribution":"The driver's inference from a police video and the photo; RTL hedges the camera model; no police confirmation."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Die agent was waarschijnlijk bevooroordeeld, omdat het algoritme zei dat ik aan het bellen was.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Als je heel snel naar de foto kijkt, kun je denken: ‘Die zal wel zitten te bellen’. Er is een donkere schaduw in mijn hand te zien.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The driver said the reviewing officer was probably biased because the algorithm said he was phoning, and that on a quick look a dark shadow in his hand could suggest a phone.","causal_attribution":"The driver's own interpretation."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Uiteraard ben ik in bezwaar gegaan, maar daar heb ik nog geen uitslag van.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Ik heb bezwaar gemaakt. Ik ben in afwachting daarvan.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"heeft bezwaar tegen de boete aangetekend, maar dat is nog niet in behandeling genomen door het Openbaar Ministerie (OM).; Het CJIB laat weten dat zij over individuele gevallen geen uitspraken kunnen doen,; laat doorschemeren dat de kans klein is dat de man de boete ook echt moet betalen.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The driver lodged an objection, which had not yet been handled by the Public Prosecution Service when the reports appeared in February 2024; a CJIB spokesperson declined to comment on individual cases but suggested the chance he would really have to pay was small.","causal_attribution":"The driver's statements and RTL's report of the CJIB spokesperson."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"De camera’s zijn super waardevol.; Je moet alleen twijfelgevallen niet bekeuren.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The driver told Omroep Brabant that he still considers the smart cameras very valuable, provided that doubtful cases are not fined.","causal_attribution":"The driver's own qualification, kept as context."}],"effects":[{"label":"driver fined 380 euros plus costs after an AI phone-detection flag on a photo showing his empty hand","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://nippur.nl/tim-versus-politie-algoritme/","kind":"first_person_account","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch on 2026-11-01; passages translated into English by the research agent (an AI). Read from an Internet Archive capture of 2 May 2025 because the site did not respond.","independence_group":"driver-blog-2024-02"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/4423832/tim-geflitst-door-slimme-camera-380-euro-voor-krabben-aan-oor","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch on 2026-11-01; passages translated into English by the research agent (an AI). The article interviews the driver.","independence_group":"omroep-brabant-2024-02-20"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5436204/tim-krijgt-boete-van-380-euro-voor-krabben-aan-zijn-hoofd","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch on 2026-11-01; passages translated into English by the research agent (an AI). Read from an Internet Archive capture of 17 April 2025 because the site returned HTTP 403; the article interviews the driver and quotes CJIB and OM spokespeople.","independence_group":"rtl-nieuws-2024-02-21"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["public_services","justice"],"unknowns":["Whether the objection succeeded or the fine was paid; no decision has been reported since February 2024.","Whether the camera was in fact a MONOcam; the police have not confirmed the device, and RTL says only that it was probably one.","The exact date of the photo: the driver's blog says mid-October 2023 and RTL says the end of October."],"geography":{"basis":"The photo was taken on the A2 motorway near Weert in the Netherlands, according to the driver and both outlets; RTL Nieuws describes him as a man from a Dutch town, and the fine was issued through the Dutch CJIB.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["NL"],"affected_person_countries":["NL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a police AI phone-detection camera flagging a driver whose photo, by his account, shows an empty hand at his head, with an officer approving the flag and a 380-euro fine issued. The driver's account, the hedged camera identification and the unresolved objection are attributed.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Omroep Brabant and RTL Nieuws describe the police camera as using artificial intelligence to register whether a driver is holding a phone, and the driver writes that its algorithm judged that he was holding a mobile device while the photo shows his empty hand at his head; an officer then accepted that flag and the fine followed, so the system's recognition output is reported as wrong and as informing the officer's decision. The camera model rests on the driver's account and RTL's 'probably'; the police have not commented on the case.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about","informed_decision_about"]},"name":"Dutch driver says police AI phone camera flagged him for holding a phone while he scratched his head, and an officer approved a 380-euro fine","summary":"Dutch police use mobile smart cameras that apply artificial intelligence to photos of passing drivers to detect whether they are holding a mobile phone; a police officer then reviews each flagged photo before a fine is issued. A driver says that in October 2023, on the A2 motorway near Weert, such a camera photographed him with his right hand at his head and that he received a fine of 380 euros plus 9 euros in administration costs for holding a mobile device while driving. He says the flash photo, which he requested from the Central Judicial Collection Agency (CJIB), shows his empty hand near his face: he was scratching his head, his lease car allows hands-free calling, and he is left-handed. In a February 2024 blog post he writes that the camera was a MONOcam, that its algorithm judged that he was holding a device and that the reviewing police employee accepted that judgement, so that both the algorithm and a person erred; RTL Nieuws reported that the photo was probably taken by a MONOcam. Omroep Brabant described the fine as a mistake by the AI camera. The driver said the reviewing officer was probably biased by the algorithm's output and that a dark shadow in his hand could mislead a quick look. He lodged an objection with the Public Prosecution Service; it had not been decided when the reports appeared in February 2024, and a CJIB spokesperson, who would not comment on individual cases, suggested to RTL that he was unlikely to have to pay. No later outcome has been reported. He also told Omroep Brabant that he considers the cameras valuable for road safety, provided doubtful cases are not fined.","incidentDate":"2023-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2024-02-20","aiSystem":"Dutch police mobile smart traffic camera that uses artificial intelligence to flag drivers apparently holding a mobile phone, with each flag reviewed by a police officer; identified as a MONOcam by the driver's blog and as probably a MONOcam by RTL Nieuws","aiProduct":"MONOcam (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The driver says he was fined 380 euros plus 9 euros in costs for holding a phone while driving after a police AI camera flagged him and an officer approved the flag, although the photo shows his empty hand at his head; he lodged an objection, whose outcome has not been reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One driver, who describes his own fine in his blog post and in interviews with Omroep Brabant and RTL Nieuws.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"NL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/4423832/tim-geflitst-door-slimme-camera-380-euro-voor-krabben-aan-oor","primarySourceLabel":"Omroep Brabant, Tim geflitst door slimme camera: 380 euro voor krabben aan oor, 20 February 2024","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-01T03:07:21.222094+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-01T03:07:21.222094+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["traffic-camera","phone-detection","traffic-fine","police","netherlands","public-services"]}]}