New French experiment with ‘noise cameras’ FEMA news January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 France has announced a new experiment with ‘noise cameras’ to tackle excessive noise from moving vehicles. The experiment is aimed at testing the technological possibilities and will also need to set the legal framework necessary to use noise cameras as a legal way to ‘punish’ excessive noise. On 3 January 2022 the
Bikers protest exclusion of motorcycles in Parisian transport plans Member news July 20, 2020July 23, 2020 Several thousands of motorcyclists protested paid parking for powered two-wheelers on Saturday 18 July. Instead of making motorcyclists pay more, the Parisian city council and mayor Anne Hidalgo should favour them. French FEMA member FFMC was the organizer of this demo ride in Paris. The riders want to make clear that
Acoustic cameras: do we want big brother to measure motorcycle sound? Opinion pieces September 10, 2019March 3, 2022 New on our streets: ‘acoustic cameras’ or sound enforcement cameras, a combination of several microphones and a camera, designed to register and fine vehicles that produce excessive noise. When the sound equipment measures a sound level that is over the limit and recognizes the source (that’s why it has to have
