Acoustic cameras
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...are now being trialed in the UK to combat antisocially loud exhausts, according to the BBC
Good idea, there are a couple of people down my road with crap modified cars (an old Civic coupe thing and a Seat Cupra) that have stupidly loud exhausts.
As the houses are quite close together Civic boy floors his car to make a noise, although it really sounds as bad as the car looks. It is only doing about 20mph as well, and making a racket.
The other night, (2245), I think it was one of them floors their car up the road then backs off, with about 4 bangs. This is down a quiet side road.
I have always thought modifying a car, just to make it louder with no performance gains is just a bit “look at me” attention seeking, and just a bit sad.
As the houses are quite close together Civic boy floors his car to make a noise, although it really sounds as bad as the car looks. It is only doing about 20mph as well, and making a racket.
The other night, (2245), I think it was one of them floors their car up the road then backs off, with about 4 bangs. This is down a quiet side road.
I have always thought modifying a car, just to make it louder with no performance gains is just a bit “look at me” attention seeking, and just a bit sad.
Good to see some enforcement of this. I’m sure there will be plenty of people along shortly to complain about “nanny state” and “don’t tell me what to do with my car” but I’m glad to see something is being done to enforce a little enforced law. Loud exhausts do blight people’s lives. Weekends living in a village are blighted by the noise, as Friday nights in most cities. My son is regularly woken by two idiots who live somewhere near me that think driving up and down in the middle of the night is a fun thing to do.
However, this wouldn’t be needed if MOT stations bothered to fail blatantly illegal cars, but being a subjective thing they don’t want to lose the business.
However, this wouldn’t be needed if MOT stations bothered to fail blatantly illegal cars, but being a subjective thing they don’t want to lose the business.
gottans said:
People will just coast past and nail the throttle afterwards, might catch a few but all it will do is push noisy vehicles elsewhere. There is no incentive to get the vehicle/bike fixed.
Then again, how many excessively noisy vehicles make it through the MOT when they shouldn't.
Is there even a test for noise?Then again, how many excessively noisy vehicles make it through the MOT when they shouldn't.
t, and making them louder just screams “micropenile disorder!”. But this will not work, it will just be more surveillance. Spending our tax money pretending to do things.Living in a town centre where some people like to spend their evenings driving round and round and round revving their clapped out straight exhaust corsa (or equivalent) to the limit then I’m all for this.
If it was installed like a drive by monitor on a track then people with standard set ups have nothing to worry about. As far as bikers etc go then maybe it will be difficult to set up in rural areas however in town centres where speed limits are as low, there’s no need to be revving away in first gear.
If it was installed like a drive by monitor on a track then people with standard set ups have nothing to worry about. As far as bikers etc go then maybe it will be difficult to set up in rural areas however in town centres where speed limits are as low, there’s no need to be revving away in first gear.
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