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New Camera Mails Tickets to Noisy Cars

New technology allows police to mail automated tickets to cars with loud stereos and noisy exhausts.

Transportation officials are looking to expand the use of photo enforcement to cash in on motorists who blast their stereos or use modified, high-performance exhausts. At least one agency has expressed interest in a ticketing system developed by Acoustic Research Laboratories, a New South Wales company that developed acoustic detection equipment for the Australian Navy.

The fully automated setup mails traffic citations to passing vehicles that exceed a predetermined noise threshold. It can detect loud subwoofers, a noisy exhaust, or even an inopportune honk of the horn.

A combination of sound level meters, cameras and computer processors identify these targets of opportunity. Separate microphone and video modules are pole-mounted in waterproof boxes that communicate with a laptop control unit using WiFi. The manufacturer claims that the system distinguishes predetermined trigger sounds from general background road noise. Once the system is configured, it will generate up to 10,000 tickets before the on-board hard drive is filled. A 10-second video and audio clip is stored for each incident.

Similar red light camera and photo radar technology has generated billions of dollars worldwide. In Washington, DC alone, cameras billed drivers more than $171 million since 1999.

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In Washington, DC alone, cameras billed drivers more than $171 million since 1999.

Victoria takes about $300 million *per year* and between it and NSW would have to be some of the highest revenue raising states through speed cameras in the entire world.

Without it the state government there would be bankrupt.

ScorpR32 Enthusiast

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What a joke! This has so many inherent flaws too. What if some clown sits next to these cameras with an air horn as you are driving past to pi$$ you off?? I fail to see how this will reduce the road toll or encourage safer driving. And the thing that is really crap is that despite all of this extra revenue, we never see the roads improve.

RBFIRE Experienced

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omfg,

I couldnt imagine whats the future gona be?

U gona get told wat to do and wat is not to do.

Now SOUND camera?

I thought banning smoking in car while driving is bad enough.

I am a non smoker, but its geting ridiculus.

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Archie@ Experienced

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Easy solution, just rig a speaker with a remote controling device to it (makeing sure it provides the right db of noise), place it on the noise camera... and go sit in a coffee shop nearby. when ever a copper drives past just activate for extra noise... hehehe

Trust33 Grand Master

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Speaking of new police cameras.

Today on my way home from work i spotted a policeman with a rather strange looking camera.Allmost like a real digital camera but slightly bigger,blue and black.and i cant be certain but i think it also had a cable coming from it.

This was on the hume at chester hill.

The little bugger was so camoflauged that i diddnt even see him untill i was nearly right on top of him.Lucky for me the traffic was moving slowly.no matter i wouldnt have had a speeding ticket from the outcome.

This comes as they are making a 15,000 policeman/woman increace throughout the state.

Triskillion Collaborator

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there just lucky this is australia and everyones too scared to do anything about it. if it was somewhere else... mass riots and shiz.

personal if i had the time, id stuff up every single camera i seen on the road.... might have to start now...

even if your car hasnt got an exhaust etc its the principle of the thing.

australia a free country my ass, the guyz in prison have more freedom then we do

MacGuyver Mentor

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What about motorcycles like Harley Davidsons? Also, how can they tell if you've used your horn for the wrong reasons (is there even a correct reason?) Large trucks? I think if they are going to put these cameras in then they have to be able to give us a proper limit in writing as to what is too loud and not "I think it's too loud, cause I said so!"

Johnny Cash Experienced

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I like your thinking Triskillion, but 1 person isn't going to be enough. We need unity before anything else. We need to get every car enthusiast, whatever they're into (turbo, V8, rotatry, etc) and make a stand, once and for all.

Like you said, if this was happening somewhere other than Australia, there would be riots. They stand up for their rights in other places in the world.

AMS Grand Master

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Speaking of new police cameras.

Today on my way home from work i spotted a policeman with a rather strange looking camera.Allmost like a real digital camera but slightly bigger,blue and black.and i cant be certain but i think it also had a cable coming from it.

This was on the hume at chester hill.

The little bugger was so camoflauged that i diddnt even see him untill i was nearly right on top of him.Lucky for me the traffic was moving slowly.no matter i wouldnt have had a speeding ticket from the outcome.

This comes as they are making a 15,000 policeman/woman increace throughout the state.

That is most likely one of the cameras which detect stolen/unregistered cars

**JaR** Grand Master

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What about motorcycles like Harley Davidsons? Also, how can they tell if you've used your horn for the wrong reasons (is there even a correct reason?) Large trucks? I think if they are going to put these cameras in then they have to be able to give us a proper limit in writing as to what is too loud and not "I think it's too loud, cause I said so!"

thats a valid point, how will they distinguish between what to loud for a certain type of vehicle?

unless they are some form of super camera lol

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