Jellyfish radars that you can see in your cities and that work successfully in France.

Along our roads there are thousands radars that keep us safe, some radars that, for the most part, exist to monitor speed limits and put appropriate finesbut they can also impose other sanctions, such as noise restrictions, a problem that affects big cities.

And perhaps the DGT, as is happening in some countries such as France, will eventually install a number of radars to control noises there are some radars on our roads that would not be controlled in this case speedbut they will impose relative penalties when a certain noise limit is exceeded, especially in those vehicles that modify exhaust pipes.

And the fact is that in some French cities the so-called “radar jellyfish” are triumphant, which are actually sound level meters, responsible for combating noise pollution in major urban centers.

this sound level meter It has five microphones to measure the decibel level produced by vehicles inside cities., but they also have a 360° camera to be able to capture offenders’ license plates. In addition, its microphones are capable of picking up sounds up to 10 times per second.

While DGT appears to rule out installing this type of sound level meter on our roads, municipalities could make this decision after the success of this initiative in countries like France.a Gallic country that has decided to implement them in all its cities by 2023.

According to French regulations, no vehicle can exceed 90 dB, and if one of these sound level meters finds that this is exceeding, they can be fined 135 euros.

Against noise pollution

This may be because the European Union itself is asking member states to tighten technical inspections of vehicles (ITVs) to control exhaust emissions and the number of decibels that these vehicles emit, which will allow the fight against noise pollution.

As we said to settle, it will be the municipalities that will have to impose their own sanctionsand for example in large cities of our country, such as Madrid, fines are usually up to 600 euros for excessive noise.

Be that as it may, we will see if these “radar jellyfish” appear in the major cities of our country after they have already begun to play a significant role in neighboring countries such as France.