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I think they should. its for sure a quality of life issue. If tourists and residents are aurally assaulted while trying to go out for a walk or shopping by roving mechanical fart machines no one will want to pay money to visit or live here any longer.
New York Is Now Using Cameras With Microphones to Ticket Loud Cars
Own a loud car in New York City? You might receive a notice in the mail from a computer.
New York Is Now Using Cameras With Microphones to Ticket Loud Cars
Own a loud car in New York City? You might receive a notice in the mail from a computer.
That’s what officials and light sleepers are hoping for when a state law aimed at deterring noisy, souped-up vehicles goes into effect this spring, coupled with an ongoing pilot program by the city to automatically detect and ticket loud roadsters.
The goal is to address ear-splitting clamor from cars and motorcycles amid a rising volume of complaints. The revving of engines, popping of tailpipes and blaring of speakers add to the cacophony of urban life and can pose health threats to New Yorkers.
Exposure to noise can cause hearing loss, exacerbate stress and disrupt sleep, experts say.
“Short of it affecting blood pressure, cardiovascular disorders, it diminishes quality of life,” said Arline Bronzaft, professor emerita of Lehman College and a longtime researcher on the effects of loud sounds on our psyches.
Many New York City residents welcome the enforcement, while some car and motorcycle enthusiasts think the efforts are misguided.
Ricardo Picon, a photographer and former musician who lives with his wife in Bushwick, said the noise from modified cars has interrupted his sleep and made his home tremble, especially in the warmer months.
“I come from being a night person and dealing with sound and dealing with noise. This is how crazy it is. It got to the point where it became a nightmare,” he said. “You don’t need to measure the decibels to hear how it rumbles two or three blocks… This has become an epidemic in the boroughs.”
Noise complaints, specifically for loud vehicles, rise and fall seasonally, and they’ve been on the upswing since the pandemic began. Glendale, Queens, which shares a border with Picon’s neighborhood, saw the second-highest number of complaints of loud vehicles per zip code, right after Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, since 2018.
Playing reggaeton in a big bass car should also be illegal. Same for driving a car with a giant Puerto Rican and Dominican flag while blasting an airhorn out the windows.
The best part is these cars aren’t even fast. You’d have to combine the engines of like 7 of them to beat my perfectly silent Tesla! Ahahahaah ghetto losers.
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