Surveillance State: New York City Deploys Cameras with Microphones to Ticket Loud Cars
New York City has introduced speed cameras with microphones to ticket cars that breach certain noise levels.
Road and Track reports that drivers of loud cars in New York are now at risk of being ticketed for their noisy vehicles. A photo purports to show an official notice from New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection of a summons to have the vehicle’s noise level tested.
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The photo was posted to a Facebook page called Lowered Congress and related to a BMW M3 that the cities cameras deemed too loud. The notice states:
I am writing to you because your vehicle has been identified as having a muffler that is not in compliance with Section 386 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, which prohibits excessive noise from motor vehicles. Your vehicle was recorded by a camera that takes a pictures of the vehicle and the license plate. In addition, a sound meter records the decibel level as the vehicle approaches and passes the camera.
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