Motor Vehicles: Noise

(asked on 12th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce traffic cameras with detectors to identify and record modified exhaust systems which amplify engine sound levels.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 15th October 2020

The Department’s initial trials of a prototype acoustic camera have concluded and the results will be published shortly. The outcome of the trials is currently being considered, including what further development would be required to enable the technology to be used for more targeted and efficient enforcement.

It is too early in the development of the device to provide a plan for its introduction, but we are optimistic that it will provide an effective enforcement tool in the future.

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