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Most motorists want noise cameras installed to clamp down on loud cars (news.sky.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Mex@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Electrics cars will make it a non issue but then we will be stuck with the surveillance. Our country is scary. No one cares.

Having said that if you are intentionally being noisy for noisy sake there should be harder punishments. Even lose your license for a bit, it's not a got given right to drive. You got to earn it.

All drivers should be considerate of others

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Electrics cars will make it a non issue

I do not see EVs replacing scooters (which are driven by lower budget commuters). A single unmuffled scooter driving through #Paris at 3am can wake up 10,000 people according to Bruitparif. And don’t forget horns. Assholes will used their horns at 3am on my street. The only thing they give a fuck about is their own convenience when their favorite parking spot is taken.

The idea of harsh punishments works if a vehicle is continuously loud because it will eventually cross paths with a cop. So that position is fair enough. But what about horns? There’s never a cop around when horns are misused.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Electric scooters are a thing.

In fact they are huge.

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think not. But then I’m not living in a wealthy part of town. I think I’ve only seen one, ridden by a colleague. It only takes one of those little 2-stroke 50cc gas fuckers to wake up 10,000 people.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It seems most of the UK has forgotten the 5th of November