The first ever noise-measuring radar has been invented by a member of Abu Dhabi Police in order to apprehend abnormally loud vehicles, especially in residential areas and on the roads, officials said on Tuesday.

 

Invented by Captain Ahmad Abdullah Al Muhairi, Head of Traffic Safety Section at the Traffic Engineering and Safety Department in the Traffic and Patrols Directorate, the radar seeks to make Abu Dhabi the first city in the world to use this device to preserve the environment by reducing noise pollution.

 

Al Muhairi said that the new radar will also monitor excessive use of car horns in residential areas and will help Abu Dhabi meet its goals in achieving sustainable road safety.

 

Brigadier Hussain Ahmad Al Harithi, director of Traffic and Patrols Directorate, expressed his admiration of the innovative idea, adding that such initiatives are in line with the Abu Dhabi Police’s vision for road safety.

 

Meanwhile, Al Muhairi said that the new radar contains two systems: a sound level meter (SLM) and a highly developed camera to capture images of noise-creating vehicles. The two systems work together to identify offenders.

 

Whenever the noise level goes beyond the accepted limit, the camera reads the vehicle’s license plate and registers a violation for its driver.

 

These radars will be used especially in residential areas, near hospitals, mosques and learning institutions to combat those who make illegal modifications to their vehicles which eventually become a source of nuisance and danger, the police said.

 

Recently, Abu Dhabi Police also introduced flashless radars which use infrared light to apprehend vehicles that jump red lights.

 

The devices were placed in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. (Gulf News)

 

 

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