Your gateway to a free society
Article
Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening

Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening

NEW YORK (AP) — After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting.

Over the years, there have been numerous efforts to quiet the cacophony. One of the latest: traffic cameras equipped with sound meters capable of identifying souped-up cars and motorbikes emitting an illegal amount of street noise.

At least 71 drivers have gotten tickets so far for violating noise rules during a yearlong pilot program of the system. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection now has plans to expand the use of the roadside sound meters.
Back

aboutLiberty Portal

Liberty Portal is your gateway for free markets and free thinking. We aggregate open-sourced content to promote and popularize important people and lessons within the liberty movement.
suggested
May 20, 2026 /
Trump Said He Will Give Iran ‘One Shot’ to Make a Deal
President Donald Trump said he was giving Iran one more opportunity to submit a workable proposal to end the war.  “We’d have to open the [Strait of Hormuz]. That would open immediately,” the President told reporters on Wednesday. “So we’re going to give this one shot. I’m in no hurry.”  Negotiations between the US and […]
Read more
May 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Intel Leak: Russia Mulled Giving Iran Un-Jammable Drones To Fight US Forces
Intel Leak: Russia Mulled Giving Iran Un-Jammable Drones To Fight US Forces Russia offered Iran thousands of advanced drones built to bypass electronic jamming systems, along with training for attacks on US troops in the Middle East, according to a confidential intelligence document obtained and reviewed by The Economist. Already the two countries have deepened their defense ties in the context of the years-long Ukraine war, with Tehran providing tens of thousands of Shahed suicide drones, but this fresh allegation points to potential increasing Russian involvement against the United States in...
Read more
Apr 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Mother Of NYC Thug Who Body-Slammed And Stomped Girl's Head Says He's The Victim
Mother Of NYC Thug Who Body-Slammed And Stomped Girl's Head Says He's The Victim Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A deranged mother is rushing to the defense of her 14-year-old son after he was filmed slamming a 15-year-old girl to the concrete and stomping on her head in East Harlem — all because she refused to give him her phone number. The horrifying attack, captured on video and shared widely online, has left the victim hospitalized with a concussion. Yet instead of demanding accountability, the boy’s mother is painting her son as a victim of bullying. The...
Read more

support

If you like what we do and want to support us, then you are a fine humanitarian. Click the link below to find out more.

Support the liberty movement