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A noise-detecting traffic camera is to be trialled as part of a crackdown on "boy racers", the government has said.

The camera is fitted with microphones to record vehicle noise and provide digital evidence to police.

It will be used in Keighley for two weeks before moving to Bristol, Great Yarmouth and Birmingham.

The Department for Transport says it is part of a £300,000 scheme to reduce the social impact of road noise, which it says costs the country £10bn a year.

The government said road noise pollution contributed to health problems, such as heart attacks, strokes and dementia and lost productivity from sleep disturbance.

The camera will first be used on an undisclosed road in Keighley.

The locations were chosen after MPs were asked to nominate noisy roads in their constituencies.

Rich B wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 4:51 pm Ah yes, some more static detector type devices. That'll solve crime!