Speed Detection for Royal Bhutan Police
DHI and the Royal Bhutan Police are working together to make Bhutan's roads safer.
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DHI, through its Innotech Department, and the Royal Bhutan Police are currently in the development phase of PASDS (Portable Automatic Speed Detection System), an AI-powered unit that combines radar, camera, and on-device intelligence to automatically detect speeding vehicles, capture evidence, recognise number plates, and push enforcement records to a centralised dashboard.
Bhutan recorded over 1,060 road accidents and 100+ fatalities last year, with speeding cited as the leading cause. PASDS aims to address this by making enforcement automated, consistent, and fair, around the clock.
The Proof of Concept has been completed and validated. The core pipeline, covering radar and camera fusion, AI-based number plate recognition tuned for Bhutanese plates, evidence generation, and a backend reporting dashboard, is functioning as intended in a controlled setting.
PASDS is currently in its pre-deployment phase. Active work is underway to finalize the hardware, apply weatherproofing, run field trials with the Traffic Division of the Royal Bhutan Police, and integrate the unit with the eRaLIS system for automated ticketing. The next milestone is 10 production units deployed across high-risk highway and urban speeding zones by 25 June 2026.