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Re:New York is using cameras with microphones to ticket loud... by Reason077 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:38AM (#30369896)
> ”Police can easily hear these vehicles and pull them over for a violation.”

In practice this doesn’t happen, however, at least here in the UK.

Police are not issued with equipment to measure noise levels, and on a busy road it can be difficult to identify (provably and conclusively) which vehicles are making the noise.

Which is exactly why technology like these “noise cameras” are needed!

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Re:New York is using cameras with microphones to ticket loud... by rosndo on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:04AM (#30371416)
> In practice this doesn’t happen, however, at least here in the UK

Especially in the nice areas of London you could probably drive for years without numberplates and nobody would ever stop you.

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Re:New York is using cameras with microphones to ticket loud... by cheradenine_uk on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:32AM (#30373428)
It very much _does_ happen in the UK, though rarer than it ought.

I've even seen the police crack out light meters to fine boy racers with overly tinted windows.

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