Spycam mails tickets to owners of loud cars

[limitkid7 5,000+ posts]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/17/spycam-mails-tickets-to-owners-of-loud-cars/

We thought the PhotoViolationMeter -- a parking meter that can take pics of your car to prove you're illegally parked -- was the ultimate in traffic-cop annoyances. But it looks like the new setup from Australia's Acoustic Research Labs has it beat. The system, based on technology developed for the Australian Navy, uses cameras, sound-level meters and other equipment to monitor noise coming from nearby cars. If your stereo is turned up too loud, or your exhaust is a bit too noisy, the system will snap a pic of your plate and automatically send you a ticket. Since the system works by detecting differences in ambient noise levels and singles out anomalies, we assume you can beat it if you just convince everyone in your neighborhood to be as loud as possible at all times. Oh, wait, New York is already like that. Never mind.

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[PowerdByGuiness 10+ year member]

stupid and nearsighted technology

i can see people getting tickets from making sudden stops avoiding accidents and avoiding horns

id rather leave this in the hands of law enforcement than have to fight some stupid *** machine

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

that makes no sense. It wouldnt work at all.

 

[jacko 10+ year member]

that makes no sense. It wouldnt work at all.

Ignorance is bliss...

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

If there are 5 cars in a row, will it be able to pinpoint which specific vehicle was the cause of the noise? Or if the cars are two abreast?

 

Seems like it would be very inaccurate

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

cameras on the streets for any ticketing purposes are dumb. red light cameras have reduced collisions from people running red lights but significantly increased rear end collisions. they do more harm than good.