Keighley will be one of just four locations in the country to trial a new noise camera, which will help identify vehicles that are emitting excessive noise levels.
The trial will take place in the Fell Lane area, after Bradford Council was selected along with 3 other local authorities in the UK to be part of the Atkins and Jacobs Joint Venture, commissioned by the Department for Transport.
The trial of the roadside noise camera system is part a wider research programme into the use of noise cameras for the detection of excessively noisy vehicles. The overall aim of the research is to determine if the technology could enable more targeted, efficient and effective enforcement.
As part of the research, a noise camera will be installed in the area for roughly two weeks to determine its performance in real-world conditions and to quantify the prevalence of excessive vehicle noise. The trial is taking place for research only.
The purpose of the roadside trials is to determine whether noise cameras are capable of detecting vehicles emitting excessive noise levels or being driven in a way which creates excessive noise. The technology uses a combination of cameras and a microphone array to measure noise levels of excessively noisy vehicles that pass the camera. Like speed cameras, a noise camera is triggered only by loud vehicles so is not recording continuously. At this stage, due to the research nature of the project, enforcement action will not be taken as a result of the trial.
No information about drivers, vehicle owners or local residents will be obtained during the trial and all data collected from the noise camera is subject to controls on access and processing, in accordance with GDPR principles.
Alex Ross-Shaw, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning & Transport said “I am delighted that Bradford has managed to secure the trial of noise cameras. Anti-social driving causes real upset and harm. People should not have to put up with excessively noisy vehicles in their communities.
“We welcome the development of technology that could, in the future, help identify drivers who wilfully ignore noise laws and allow enforcement action to be taken against them.
“Hopefully the data collected in the trial goes some way to providing proper legislative governance for a wider UK roll out of the technology.”
“We are pleased that we are also answering the needs of the community by hosting this trial”.
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