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Fairfax committee backs seeking state authority for pilot of acoustic noise monitors to tackle loud vehicle exhausts
Summary
Committee members recommended initiating legislation to amend Virginia code to let Fairfax County run a small, movable pilot program using acoustic devices to detect and address excessive vehicle noise from modified exhausts.
Fairfax County’s Legislative Committee on Nov. 26 recommended pursuing enabling legislation to allow a pilot that would deploy acoustic noise-monitoring devices to detect excessive vehicle exhaust noise.
Noel Dominguez summarized the history: statutory changes in 2020 reduced enforcement tools and a 2022 General Assembly action restored some primary-offense authority for aftermarket mufflers and authorized localities to regulate them, but subsequent legislative efforts to expand enforcement or to prohibit certain aftermarket devices have failed. New acoustic technologies—microphone-based devices placed adjacent to roadways—have been piloted in…
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