Noise pollution fines for vehicles start on Jan. 1Staff writer, with CNAEffective Jan. 1, vehicle owners can be fined if they breach new noise pollution standards, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said on Tuesday. New noise pollution controls using high-tech fixed and mobile “noise cameras” are being installed nationwide, the agency said. Tsai Meng-yu, director-general of the Environmental Protection Administration’s Department of Air Quality Protection and Noise Control, speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Tuesday about the government’s plan to install vehicle noise detection cameras. Noise control punishments would not apply to emergency vehicles, such as fire trucks and ambulances, Tsai said. There are currently 36 “noise cameras” across the nation, he said, adding that the agency is to deploy more in vehicle noise “hot spots” next year, Tsai said.

Source: Taipei Times December 03, 2020 15:56 UTC