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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/noise-camera-technology-roadside-trial https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/noise-camera-tech... The UK is tri
by pnut 1y ago
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/noise-camera-technology-roadside-trial https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/noise-camera-tech...
The UK is trialling noise pollution cameras that mail fines to your home, same as for speeding. It's an externality whose days are numbered.
- sergiotapia 1y agoSickening use of tech. Living in a true surveillance state
- rossng 1y agoEasy to say when you don't live next to a road frequented by drivers with ridiculous modified exhausts.
- SilkRoadie 1y agoMOTs already have a decibel limit. I don't understand how these vehicles can be road worthy considering how loud they are. This technology feels like an engineers solution to a trivial legal issue.
- badmintonbaseba 1y agoIsn't the issue that some people work around MOT decibel limits? After all they only need to pass the decibel limit on the MOT test, and not on the road in regular use. The engineering solution approach doesn't seem to be fundamentally different to speed cameras.
- illiac786 1y agoWhat would be a better solution in your view?
- mtreis86 1y agoMotorcycle exhausts are easy to swap out so people could easily take the MOT with the stock exhaust then swap the loud exhaust into place when they get home.
- tenacious_tuna 1y agoI used to live in downtown Chicago, where the worst violators where high end sports cars, though we did get the occasional quartet of motorcycles ripping down the roat at 3am. Illinois doesn't require vehicle inspections, so there's no opportunity for exhaust modifications to be discovered.
- quietbritishjim 1y agoSatire?
- fsckboy 1y ago>Sickening use of tech. Living in a true surveillance state people with loud exhausts are shouting "look at me, look at me", so think of it like a clickwrap license agreeing to be surveilled