Australia Deploys Noise Cameras

[d00dz]

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/25/2572.asp

Great!

Australia Deploys Noise Cameras

Noise cameras become the latest ticketing technology deployed against motorists in New South Wales, Australia.

Noise CameraState governments across Australia are poised to deploy automated cameras that mail tickets to vehicles considered by a machine to be noisy. The fully automated noise camera systems have been in development since 2005 but are now are active and issuing warning notices in the small New South Wales suburb of Mount Ousley, according to the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) Annual Report. The agency is looking for a regulatory means of making such ticketing solutions more common.

"The RTA is contributing to the development of the 'Planning Guideline for Residential and other Sensitive Building Developments alongside Major Roads,'" the RTA report explains. "This will include requirements to address noise for new residential development along nominated roads and rail corridors.... RTA continues to develop technology in the form of a suitable noise camera to use as an enforcement device."

The fully automated noise analysis system designed by the NSW firm Acoustic Research Laboratories uses a set of microphones and cameras that continuously record and analyze activity on a neighborhood street. A computer program processes the audio data to isolate trigger sounds from general background road noise. This allows the device find opportunities to mail a traffic citation to passing vehicles that exceed a predetermined noise threshold. Once configured, the machine 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 for use in court proceedings.

South Australia and Victoria have begun similar programs with each state focusing on the noise of heavy commercial truck compression brakes, an issue designed to court local approval of the ticketing technology.

"In parallel with the development of the acoustic measurement methodology, Transport South Australia has developed camera technology that can be linked with the measurement software," Australia's National Transport Commission reported. "The combination of these systems offers the potential for excessive engine brake noise incidents to be identified and recorded, which may provide a useful tool to enforcement agencies."

The commission approved the regulation against engine compression brakes last November. The ticketing system can also be easily expanded to issue citations for loud subwoofers, noisy exhausts, or even an inopportune honk of the horn.

[DRD-00F]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww i'm f**ked

[D_I_F]

Well this is just stupid! I think I need to buy a harley!

[satanic]

Surely these are not going to be deployed anywhere near where we common folk would live... as stated, it's primarily to target truckies.

[Sheng]

I wanna be the 10.001 offender

[FATAZZ]

This'll fix it!

[Bullet32]

Fkn fantastic, the government has found another way to screw the motorist out of our hard earned cash

[5hu7o]

This'll fix it!

for sure!

if that doesnt, then everyone should put 3" straight pipe on thier cars to keep the neighborhood quiet.

[satanic]

I'm just thinking what's louder... a 18 wheel truck, or a screamer pipe at full song...

[D_I_F]

How about a harley!

[Sheng]

This'll fix it!

My skates are Easton Stealth too!

[FATAZZ]

yeh 1 just went passed here and yeh DAMN LOUD!!!

Harley that is.

[FATAZZ]

My skates are Easton Stealth too!

lol,was either baseball bat or hockey stick, baseball bat is just that little bit more menacing.

Gotta love Ice hockey though.

[evil_weevil]

yeah, dam harleys with screamin eagle or vance & hines pipes, they are the loudest f*kkers around!

[v_s_p_e_c]

How about a harley!

oh how i hate harleys

[satanic]

LOL try having your car stored in a warehouse next to a bikie gang clubhouse... extremely safe, but extremely loud

[v_s_p_e_c]

LOL try having your car stored in a warehouse next to a bikie gang clubhouse... extremely safe, but extremely loud

oh how i hate bikies

[UWISSH!]

im pretty sure from what i read in the paper it only refers to trucks using the exhaust brakes

[R34Liner]

Yes, a baseball bat would do the trick. But how about one of these.....

They did say noise sensitive right?....and space for 10,000 offenders? who said it had to be car noises that filled it up - i think music would be alot better use of the HDD hehehe

[Cassbo]

My tyres are pretty loud eh? Stock exhaust/air filter/turbo/car ftw!

I see these being mucked with a fair bit... I would totally just set up a speaker near by and have random loud noises happening and random times... like when that cyclist is riding past