- Majority of UK Drivers Support Noise Cameras to Target Loud Vehicles
- Mixed Responses to Proposal for Noise Camera Implementation
- Technology to Capture Noisy Vehicles and Enforce Penalties Gains Driver Approval
The camera captures the car and its decibel level, giving police evidence to issue penalties.
A new survey finds that 58% of UK drivers want cameras to detect unlawfully noisy vehicles.
22% of the 1,424 motorists surveyed by the RAC were opposed to the notion, while 20% were unsure.
Last year, a $300,000 trial of audio cameras began in a few areas of England.
The technology detects raucous vehicles using a camera and multiple microphones.
The camera captures an image of the vehicle and its decibel level, providing police with evidence to issue penalties.
More than a third (34%) of vehicles surveyed by the RAC reported hearing revving engines or excessively loud exhausts regularly.
It has been discovered that road traffic contributes to health issues such as heart attacks, strokes, and dementia.
It is required that vehicle exhausts and silencers be correctly maintained and not altered to increase noise.
Noncompliance is punishable on the spot by a £50 fine.
Simon Williams, the chief of policy for the RAC, stated, “Our research with drivers indicates there is a strong desire to end the scourge of excessively loud vehicles that disturb the peace throughout the nation.
“It’s plain wrong that those who have fitted their cars with modified exhausts, some motorbike riders and supercar owners can currently just get away with making an unacceptable amount of noise.
“Fortunately, the Department for Transport’s recent noise camera trials may provide the solution”.
Also we expect the results to be positive and that the technology can be rapidly and cost-effectively implemented in the most severely affected regions.
No reason exists for cars and motorcycles to make so much noise, so camera enforcement must be implemented immediately.
Richard Holden, minister of transport, stated, “Boy racers are an antisocial menace, and we have extensively tested noise camera technology in various parts of the country over the past year.
“We are currently analyzing data from the trials and will provide an update as soon as possible regarding any future measures that will help restore peace and tranquility to our towns, cities, and villages.”
