Teale Phelps Bondaroff, who wants a provincial pilot project, says there are currently few options to enforce vehicular noise pollution.
A noise-camera pilot project that Saanich council turned down in March has been endorsed by municipal leaders across B.C., who are asking the province for help to curb excessively loud vehicles in the streets.
While police can conduct roadside checks, it’s intermittent and the most disruptive instances of vehicular noise — the 2 a.m. loud car screaming past a bedroom window — usually aren’t policed, he said. Noise pollution has been linked to increased cardiovascular disease, while sleep interruptions can be bad for your health, he said. “We shouldn’t accept that cities should be excessively noisy.”
“The province can deploy cameras so any of the legal administrative challenges that would be associated with that would be obviated,” Phelps Bondaroff said.
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