Q: Tom Lenzo of Pasadena shared with On the Road a recent newspaper article about the use of roadside noise-detecting cameras to combat the problem of loud vehicles. Over the years, there have been many complaints from readers about this persistent problem, which is difficult to enforce because excessive noise is hard to measure on the spot, and the law requires a peace officer to catch violators in the act.

Lenzo said the use of noise-detecting cameras that record decibels of sound and photograph violators’ license plates would help law enforcement. A growing number of agencies nationwide are trying out noise cameras as a way to “combat revving engines, blaring stereos, honking horns and earsplitting mufflers, some illegally altered,” the article said.

So … will California use them t

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