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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Roadside Noise Cameras (Nick Ferenchak)

The Brake: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Do Vehicle Noise Cameras Save Lives?

Albuquerque has a really good vehicle noise ordinance. It says your vehicle under any condition cannot make in excess of this many decibels. Most of these vehicles are modified street racers that can actually make up to like 90 decibels and they're exempt from the ordinance. When that sound level meter detects a noise, let's say above 80 decibels or whatever the city wants to set that threshold at,. it triggers a camera and captures the license plate of that vehicle.

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