New ‘noise cameras’ which will be triggered when drivers in cars with illegally too loud engines pass them are to be trialled in one specific location on the Avon Ring Road, Bristol Live can reveal.
The Government announced a number of locations around the country for the special ‘noise cameras’, and named Bristol as a location - but the camera will in fact be positioned in South Gloucestershire, not Bristol, to catch antisocial drivers on the A4174, after local Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore and two local councillors successfully bid to bring them to his constituency.
The new technology uses a video camera in conjunction with a number of microphones to accurately pinpoint excessively noisy vehicles as they pass by. This means if drivers break the law by revving their engines unnecessarily or using illegal exhausts, they will be automatically detected.
