Noise cameras would help ticket downtown drivers with loud mufflers under proposed city ordinance
Chicago may soon deploy automated cameras to ticket drivers with loud mufflers.
Source: fox32chicago.com
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Chicago may soon deploy automated cameras to ticket drivers with loud mufflers.
Backers of the pilot hope to address the negative health effects associated with loud noises — high blood pressure, depression and even heart attacks. Critics of the proposal say the cameras will target people who can’t afford car repairs and motorcyclists — and are really a cash grab by politicians.