New legislation just passed last week will allow Connecticut police to use new noise enforcement cameras that can identify noisy cars and send tickets to their owners.

"It's disturbing people's sleep, their family time, their work time, their study time, everything,” says Betsy Gara of CT Council of Small Towns. “So this is a great way of trying to crack down on some of that excessive noise."

The legislation states that each town has to adopt their own noise ordinance.

Fairfield's noise ordinance is 65 decibels at the most within 250 feet of the noise. Violators under the state law would receive a written warning for a first offense, followed by a $100 fine for a second or third offense and a $250 fine for repeat offenders, plus a processing fee of up to $15.

Some critics argue that the sound cameras can't distinguish between modified mufflers and those that need repair. And reports have shown that automated enforcement can disproportionately target drivers in low-income and minority neighborhoods. We'll have more coming up in later newscasts.