The Ministry of Ecological Transition is launching the experiment with sound radars in seven urban, peri-urban and rural communities. The 8 test areas will be marked with a sign. The verbalization should begin in the fall of 2022. Violators are liable to a fine of 135 €.
The government is tackling noise pollution… from our vehicles! Barbara Pompili, Minister of Ecological Transition, has just inaugurated the first automatic anti-noise radar. It is located in the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse on the RD46 near the town of Saint-Lambert-des-Bois (78). On this site, three entities (Bruitparif, ACOEM and MicroDB) have installed their device to test and standardize their measurements.
TO READ. Radars. What to expect in 2022
8 devices installed in France
” Sound radars must make it possible (…) to sanction behavior aimed at artificially increasing the noise generated (from a vehicle) »Explains the ministry in its press release. Today, only controls at a standstill make it possible to verify that a car or a motorcycle complies with the regulations. In total, these anti-noise radars will be tested for two years on 8 voluntary sites:
- Paris (75): rue Cardinet (17e) and rue d’Avron (20e)
- Nice (06): avenue Felix Faure
- Toulouse (31): rue Louis Plana
- Rueil-Malmaison (92): avenue du 18 Juin 1940
- Villeneuve-le-Roi (94): course of Verdun
- Bron (69): avenue Camille Rousset
- Saint-Lambert-des-Bois (78): RD46
![sound radar map](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/carte-radar-sonore.jpg)
PV of 135 € for offenders
![Radar-sound panel](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/panneau-radar-sonore.jpg)
The test areas will be marked with a yellow information panel. Initially, no finding of infringement will be effective. The authorities want to do pedagogy. In contrast, in the fall of 2022, the first reports could fall provided that the control devices are approved. Bruitparif estimates that the green light could come in 6 to 9 months. These radars will only work in areas limited to 50 km / h. The sound level of a vehicle must then not exceed 90 dB. The first measurements should make it possible to refine this threshold. Beyond that, offenders will be liable to a fine of 4e class is 135 € (reduced to 90 €). It should be noted that exemptions are already provided for ” agricultural vehicles or certain old vehicles whose noise level is likely to exceed this threshold by construction. “
Radars with advanced microphones and license plate readers
![jellyfish noiseparif sensor](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/radar-meduse.jpg)
Three entities have been identified by the Ministry of Ecological Transition to develop and install these radars. The Bruitparif company will equip the cities of Villeneuve-le-Roi and Paris (rue d’Avron). She has evolved her system ” Astonished ”Of which nearly 70 sensors analyze (without verbalizing) noise from mobile (cars, aircraft, etc.) or stationary sources (construction site, leisure activities, etc.). Its new device called ” Hydra »Is equipped with 8 microphones, that is to say twice as many as before, explains the president of the association Fanny Mietlicki. ” This technology will not only make it possible to detect the source of the noise, but also to assess its distance from the device. She adds. The tests carried out during the first experimental phase are necessary for:
- ensure the accuracy of the measurements;
- take into account the vagaries of the weather (strong wind or rain);
- assess the technical uncertainty margin;
- test the data transmission system for verbalization
Sound radars are also fitted with cameras with license plate reading (LAPI) – to check vehicles in both directions of traffic – and a wide-angle camera to photograph motorists or motorcyclists at fault. The results of the full-scale experiment will lead to “ deployment of systems throughout the national territory, if a legislative provision allows it According to the ministry. According to ADEME, the ecological transition agency, the cost of noise for French society is estimated at 147 billion euros per year.
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