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OK it's in Australia but something for us to lok forward to perhaps?
www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9444821%5E11869,00.html
Camera catches noisy vehicles
By CARLY CRAWFORD
02may04
HOT-HEADED drivers who generate loud, irritating engine noise could soon be hunted down and fined with the help of a new "noise camera".
The hi-tech camera, developed in South Australia with funding from Victoria, can be programmed to detect a range of vehicle noises, from thundering exhausts to screeching brakes.
It is being tested in NSW, where authorities are focusing on noisy trucks, but developers say its potential extends much further.
National Transport Commission program manager Tim Eaton said the technology could be adapted to detect the trademark grunt of a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Or it could be programmed to pick up the explosive sound of revheads changing gears in cars that had been modified with pop-off valves.
"You could ultimately program it to pick up any sound signature you want," Mr Eaton said.
The device is a camera with a microphone attached.
The microphone records a sound, which is analysed by internal software and if it breaches designated limits, the camera records a picture of the vehicle's number plate.
Police can then fine the registered owner.
VicRoads contributed $10,000 towards developing the new noise test for trucks.
www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9444821%5E11869,00.html
Camera catches noisy vehicles
By CARLY CRAWFORD
02may04
HOT-HEADED drivers who generate loud, irritating engine noise could soon be hunted down and fined with the help of a new "noise camera".
The hi-tech camera, developed in South Australia with funding from Victoria, can be programmed to detect a range of vehicle noises, from thundering exhausts to screeching brakes.
It is being tested in NSW, where authorities are focusing on noisy trucks, but developers say its potential extends much further.
National Transport Commission program manager Tim Eaton said the technology could be adapted to detect the trademark grunt of a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Or it could be programmed to pick up the explosive sound of revheads changing gears in cars that had been modified with pop-off valves.
"You could ultimately program it to pick up any sound signature you want," Mr Eaton said.
The device is a camera with a microphone attached.
The microphone records a sound, which is analysed by internal software and if it breaches designated limits, the camera records a picture of the vehicle's number plate.
Police can then fine the registered owner.
VicRoads contributed $10,000 towards developing the new noise test for trucks.
would have been funny if it were not so true 
I saw a documentary a few years back that showed these camera's being used in japan or somewhere for safety rather than revenue and they were very useful.
They set them up at junctions that had lots of accidents and they worked in conjunction with video camera's.
The camera's recorded constantly but as soon as the microphone picked up the sound of an accident it prompted the video camera to save the last five seconds of video so it had all the accidents on film.
They then looked at the cause of the accidents and fixed the traffic lights/road layouts to stop it happening.
Of course here we will just use it to victimise motorists rather than make the roads safer
They set them up at junctions that had lots of accidents and they worked in conjunction with video camera's.
The camera's recorded constantly but as soon as the microphone picked up the sound of an accident it prompted the video camera to save the last five seconds of video so it had all the accidents on film.
They then looked at the cause of the accidents and fixed the traffic lights/road layouts to stop it happening.
Of course here we will just use it to victimise motorists rather than make the roads safer
I was living in Australia when they brought the noise regulation in. (Cant remember if it was NSW or QLD).
I can see why though. There are so many tuned Japs cars over there its like being in the game Gran Turismo!
The Scoobys sounded very good but Im sure they had sod all silencing.
They have probably been increasing in number and getting gradually louder and its now a case of enoughs enough. They may have gone a stage too far.
I enjoyed listening to them though
I can see why though. There are so many tuned Japs cars over there its like being in the game Gran Turismo!
The Scoobys sounded very good but Im sure they had sod all silencing.
They have probably been increasing in number and getting gradually louder and its now a case of enoughs enough. They may have gone a stage too far.
I enjoyed listening to them though
I remember the accident cameras in Japan. They had clever software which understood the sounds of an accident (so they wouldn't record people belching at 120db 
).
Fancy that though, you could use a camera to improve and understand road safety. Imagine that happening here!!! No cash, no camera!
). Fancy that though, you could use a camera to improve and understand road safety. Imagine that happening here!!! No cash, no camera!
I am confident that there will be considerable backlash and normally law abiding citizens saying ENOUGH!. If cameras, whether noise, speed, lights etc, become too much of an everyday tax, people will cut them down. My own feelings about this (me being level headed, rational, etc?) say that I am a viable benchmark. Not going to buy a disc cutter yet but would consider buying one.
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