This project is aimed to design, develop and deploy an active highway safety system consisting of a set of sensing and decision making road-side modules capable to communicate the sensed and inferred information over a wireless channel, on national motorways and highways to assist law and enforcement agencies so that they can implement and enforce traffic rules and regulations more efficiently and effectively for enhanced highways safety. The overarching goal of this research was to enhance safety of travellers and commuters on national highways/motorways by developing systems for automated speed enforcement (ASE) and detection of mobile phone usage while driving. Scientific, administrative and operational challenges in the development of these systems will be addressed by utilising the technology advancements in smart and ubiquitous sensing, computer vision and the industrial internet of things paradigm along with the expertise in information theory, reinforcement learning, machine-to-machine communication, signal processing, and predictive modelling to develop cutting-edge automation solutions for the industrial sector. These developments are sustainable as end-user is on-board and the plans are in place for the commercialization.