Most motorists want noise cameras installed to clamp down on loud cars

Most motorists? Why is it only people who enjoy motoring that get a say in this? What about the rest of us?

I don't drive and I want them to crack down on those loud as feck vehicles, especially the dirt bike races they have regularly.

Loud as feckin hell.

Intentionally loud exhausts are obnoxious and selfish. As much as I dislike it, however, I'd far rather deal with the noise than having yet more surveillance. We're already the #3 most surveilled country in the world, only the USA and China is worse.

Noise cameras? They're called MICROPHONES

I live in a city center, and frequently have loud cars drive past. Some are substantially worse than others. The loudest of them are so loud that when they go past I can't hear my TV for 30 seconds or so, and that's with my windows all closed and listening via headphones.

Something really does need to be done to enforce the noise laws that are often being ignored.

I never even considered that was an option. I figured loud jackasses was just something we'd have to live with.

I'm on the fence. Daft custom exhaust on a 1.5 turbo 3cyl is stupid, but there's no way I can agree to more surveillance.

Some idiot is going to hang out near the camera with a boom box and play loud engine noises every time an electric vehicle drives by.

(Apologies for USA centric comment)

I think if that was proposed in the USA, people's heads might actually explode. When 2 roundabouts were put in nearby, some people acted like the UN new world order was on its way. I grew up in Basingstoke so I love roundabouts. Thankfully people have come around to the idea.

I'd support it just so my dog can walk near a road without some pickup gunning its engine as it flies past us. Any kind of traffic speed reduction is treated with fury over here.

People with loud pipes don't realize they look like a nobend and sound like this: https://youtube.com/shorts/s0xqopmjbSo?feature=share

I'm not really in favor of surveillance but it should be legal and socially acceptable to throw rocks at cars that have been straight piped. Fuck em. If you make your car louder on purpose you should be punished

I'll take the loud cars if we can get some real fucking regulations on headlight brightness so I don't get blinded every time I drive at night.

Its motorbikes round my way that are stupidly loud. Not even kidding you can hear some of them a mile away. I know this because I can see the road about a mile away and still hear them!

All motorists are loud. Cities aren't loud, cars are loud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8

Do it! I hate loud cars. Noise pollution kills.

I've taken to muttering "There goes the Vroom Vroom Man in his vroom vroom" every time one of these pricks rumbles by. It solves nothing, but makes me laugh.

I want headlight cameras to clamp down on idiots blinding other drivers with their brighter-than-the-Sun headlights.

So, now I have to choose which I dislike more: government surveillance spooks or jerks with loud engines? Jeez, that's a tough call.

Please. I live on one of the busier streets in my town, right by an intersection. The amount of people driving by with cars that sound like someone's farting through a megaphone are insanely obnoxious. Fuck, most the time they're shit boxes that go slower than normal cars. People in my area buy cheap, shitty cars, pay to have a falsified safety, then make them loud and obnoxious while slowing down traffic because their cars can barely accelerate.

Yes, this is something that's unfortunately necessary

Wouldn't it be cheaper to make it an MOT fail?

On the bright side, at least you don't have coal-rollers...

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The camera records an image of the vehicle and its noise level, creating evidence that can be used by police to issue fines.

RAC head of policy Simon Williams said: "Our research with drivers shows there is a very strong desire to put an end to the scourge of excessively noisy vehicles that disturb the peace all around the country.

"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.

"There is no good reason why cars and motorbikes should make so much noise, so the sooner effective camera enforcement can be put in place the better."

Roads minister Richard Holden said: "Boy racers are an anti-social menace and we have extensively trialled noise camera technology in various parts of the country over the past year.

"We are currently analysing data from the trials and will update in due course on any future measures which will help bring peace and tranquillity back to our towns, cities and villages."

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Can't they just deal with it at the MOT?

Plus I'm pretty sure it would be pointless recording the noisy bollock whizzing up and down my road on his motorbike, because apparently number plates are optional when there's fuck all police about.

More surveillance is always bad.

You know at my old house there was an ice cream van that made my life mildly more irritating as his chimes were on ear splittingly loud (guy must have drove with earplugs), and frankly I'd have loved it if somebody would have actually enforced the law (there is actually a law for ice cream van chimes) and an automated system like this would be one way!

The louder the engine, the smaller the dick. I wish the same would happen here in the US. Those fuckers have self-esteem issues.

I think this will solve itself as the electrical vehicle transition happens. Cars will become substantially quieter by default and at that point it will easy to adjust MOTs for ICE vehicles to meet more stringent noise levels.

Am I right in thinking that these exhaust systems require drivers to inform their insurance company, because they change performance?

Loud motorcycles, modded trucks, and the occasional rice rocket.

How kind of you to offer replacement of my vehicle, what would you like to get me?

"Most people want surveillance installed to clamp down on autonomy"

I guess the question is how you could "regulate" this situation without having to add "noise cameras"

⚠ That article is a bit enshitified and autoplays video. Just a warning to anyone on a limited internet connection.

I'm a bit on the fence. In the US there are people that drive loud bikes and cars all the time. I have a classic car that's pretty old and loud. I don't drive it too much. I feel like that's just part of history at some point.

On the other side, people will find out where these noise cameras are and just drive through residential areas to avoid them making the issue far worse.

British people are insane. Why are you willingly asking for more government intervention in your daily lives for such a minor annoyance. Y'all do realize they will eventually be caught using this to spy on people.

It's how I got the car. And it's not like I drive it every day.

ITT: Boomers saying the equivalent of "Stay off my lawn!"

It's how it came.

Fuck this. Freedom has costs, a few seconds of noise ain't a big deal

Rip car enthusiasts.

Leave it to the uk to make everyone a criminal.