New York City is considering an expansion of its pilot program to address noise pollution by targeting excessively loud vehicles. The initiative, reported by the New York Times, involves installing noise cameras across the city to detect and fine drivers who have loud cars or engage in excessive honking.
The city began testing the program last year, according to Rohit Aggarwala, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. Currently, seven noise cameras are operational, with plans to install nine more by the end of the year. These cameras, costing around $35,000 each, activate when detecting sounds louder than 85 decibels – akin to the noise levels of a lawn mower or blender.
Drivers caught by these cameras face fines ranging from $800 to $2,500. The New York City Council is deliberating a bill proposed by Keith Powers (D), which seeks to place five noise cameras in each borough. Powers, advocating for the program on social media, emphasizes the need to combat the “constant aggravation” of city noise.
While the initiative aims to create a more peaceful urban environment, it has raised concerns about privacy and potential misuse. Jerome Greco of the Legal Aid Society voiced apprehensions about the technology’s potential for abuse and its impact on privacy. He also pointed out that surveillance measures often disproportionately affect neighborhoods with high populations of people of color.
As of last month, the program has led to 218 violations for modified mufflers and 147 for excessive honking. Over 90% of these cases were upheld in administrative hearings. The city keeps the locations of these cameras undisclosed to prevent drivers from evading or vandalizing them.
This approach to noise control in New York City reflects a broader effort to balance quality of life with concerns about privacy and potential biases in law enforcement practices.
Lately most of the noise in big cities comes from the loud mouthed politicians that control them!
No, I was telling my wife this, and she said too bad they don’t have cameras everywhere to catch the criminals committing all the crimes, the looting, the break-ins, assaults, and all of that stuff.
And she’s absolutely right about that, i can understand why in New York because that’s where all the noise comes from and now it’s getting worse now that their kicking out American veterans and letting the migrants take over and where is the cameras at when those nasty people coming in and destroying septic systems and now it smells really bad and the mayor is a money hungry tyrant, I’ll never go to new york again.
Spot on!!!!
Will all the Loud mouths in the Democrat party be fined to if their noise is too loud?Now that the Democrats are getting down what’s most important in the country today,Lol,can we get sanity meters?Needed in DC.
Ha ha ha yeah right, but really what i want for Christmas is the many faces of the liberals and democrats on my phone when they start crying about the loss, but if we win and i pray day in and day out that democrats doesn’t win this would be the best thing for us and our country, so let’s tell Joe slide down the bench. And let a real president inter the center .
Are you kidding me….New York has the largest number of rude loudmouth people in the world and car horns are more important then brakes in that city
OMG you hit the nail on the head my man i couldn’t of said that any better lol , well you see how their doing Trump that just comes to show me that they would do anything and i mean anything to stay in control, but i pray that the tables would turn soon, we just need that one prayer answered, so say no to dirty old joe.
I just said something similar to my spouse. And NYC has the reputation of being the rudest city in the country. But if the loony Marxist left continues to encourage illegal criminals to pour across our border, they will not only take over NYC, they could take over the entire government. Sounds like a Rod Serling episode of “Twilight Zone”, eh?
The best solution for noise in New York is too duct tape the Demonrat mouths shut….but that’s true across the country.
New York Chitty has become just that!! A cesspool for illegal immigrants to do anything they want without repercussions. Vote out the Democrats and you will see the change!!
Another reason to stay away from the Police state New York!
Democrats always look to find a way to fuck the middle class and give all our money to the Biden crime family. Don’t forget the big guy
Sadly I have to agree with them on this. I live about a block away from a College with a college apartment home behind me and I have lost count of the times where I have heard noise of yelling and screaming at midnight as well as revving up of engines, and not counting the times when they have driven past the front of my home with their base turned up so loud that its knocking things from the shelves inside my house with the doors and windows closed. And you can hear these cars coming from three blocks away! if this makes it quieter then so be it as there is no need for this.
All of the above is right on with what your saying.. what New York and the rest of the country need is the deadly democrats virus put out of action. Its getting way beyond out of control. I do hope and pray that we can get this virus voted out in 2024 if not then just go ahead and kiss your country good-bye for it can not take another four years of democrat control virus !!.