[Secret_squirrel]

(Note also posted on Bluesky)

I thought this would be an interesting experiment. Can AI analyse a close pass video? Note that this isnt a scientific test, I have a large dollop of confirmation bias (I want it to be right) and the file is called close pass. So I need to do some more testing but interesting no…?#closepass

— Secret Squirrel (@secretsquidgle.bsky.social) 2025-06-13T08:23:52.460Z

I thought this would be an interesting experiment. Can AI analyse a close pass video? Note that this isn’t a scientific test, I have a large dollop of confirmation bias (I want it to be right) and the file is called close pass. So I need to do some more testing but interesting no…?

I should add that Gemini correctly identified the make model and registration of the car with no prompting and there are many ways to enhance the prompt to get more detail. More experimenting necessary – but a promising start.

I’ve redacted the Reg details because this is the subject of a submission.

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[mdavidford]

Have you tried doing the same

Have you tried doing the same thing with some good passes to check that it’s not just trying to please you?

Of course, what it meant to say was “There is no offence of ‘close passing’, and in any case I can’t prioritise scarce resources to analyse this right now”.

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Could also try

• Uploading the same clip several times to see if the response is consistent
• Including a request in the prompt to estimate the pass distance and vehicle speed – if it can do a reasonable job of putting some actual numbers around it that would be very interesting

 

[andystow]

Do you think it did a good

Do you think it did a good job of reading the number plate? Is it easily human readable when zoomed in?

[Secret_squirrel]

This is the screenshot

This is the screenshot

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