Israel's Via teams up with insurance giant Sompo to battle car accidents caused by the elderly in Japan
Japan, which has a population of 128 million, is known as the country with the largest percentage of elderly people in the world, with one third of its citizens over the age of 65. Car accidents involving people aged 75 and over have climbed to new records over the past two years to 401 fatal accidents, which represent 14.4% of the total number of fatal car accidents in the country. Through an artificial intelligence (AI) based alternative, Sompo and Via are supporting a Japanese government initiative to reduce the number of accidents while providing incentives for the elderly to give up t...
Source: calcalistech.com