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Noise Snare - Photo Radar for Loud Vehicles

Posted May 25, 2011 9:54 AM

From Gizmag:

It's a situation that everyone has experienced - you're walking down the street, when a vehicle drives by that's so loud, people cover their ears and cast angry glances at the driver. You assume that it's illegal to use a muffler that's so ineffective, or to have a stereo turned up that high, but if it is ... how come so many people seemingly get away with it? Well, part of the reason is manpower. While speeders and red-light-runners can be ticketed in the thousands using automated systems, actual police officers need to go out and manually check cars and motorcycles for noise violations. The designer of Noise Snare, however, claims that his unmanned system can automatically detect and identify overly-audible vehicles.

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Re: Noise Snare - Photo Radar for Loud Vehicles

05/26/2011 5:24 PM

Gee, just what we need. More Big Brother.

As obnoxious as the loud stereos and fart pipes on tuner Civics may be, I do not welcome this development.

You will find that a can of Great Stuff judiciously applied to the little snot-nosed punk's car exhaust pipe works wonders. Nah, just kidding. I cannot endorse such vandalism. <Snort>.

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