22 Oct 08 13:45
Camera trials were a success
Stereo-playing and horn-pressing drivers will soon face big fines Down Under if caught by new noise-targeting cameras.
Poised to be introduced by the Australian government following a trial in New South Wales, the new cameras have been developed to target a whole range of aural offences, from honking horns, loud exhaust to deafening car stereos.
The cameras will be mounted in built-up suburbs, where noise pollution created by cars is already an issue.
Triggered by noise, the new camera's record a 10-second clip of the offender approaching the camera site. Number recognition software will then identify the offender and issue a ticket.
The noise cameras have already been ordered by three other Australian states and its creators, Acoustic Research Laboratories, could licence the technology to other European countries closer to home.
