Six-in-10 drivers back use of ‘noise cameras’

RAC research reveals public support for tackling noisy vehicles

Drivers want to see cameras that can automatically detect vehicles with illegally loud exhausts or whose engines are revved unnecessarily rolled out across the UK, according to RAC research.

Six-in-10 drivers (58%) questioned by the RAC said they would be in favour of so-called ‘noise cameras’ being widely used once the findings of the Department for Transport’s £300,000 trials, which began last October, are revealed.

Only a fifth (22%) were against the idea, with a...

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