Noisy mopeds may soon be a thing of the past in Andalusia, according to reports from TypicallySpanish.com.

The southern region, encompassing the Costa del Sol and other top coastal destinations, is reported to be one of the first looking to apply new regulations for testing the effectiveness of moped silencers.

Holidaymakers and residents in towns such as Malaga and Marbella will no longer be plagued by the deafening revving of mopeds, if local auithorities succeed in introducing new ITV/MOT regulations to limit noise.

The reported crackdown will involve stopping mopeds with defective silencers and checking that noise reduction mechanisms are in optimum condition for use on public highways.

Spanish.com claimed that the province of Malaga, in the heart of the Costa del Sol, had the third largest concentration of mopeds in Spain, with 135,000 of the vehicles filling the local air with their often unwelcome sound effects.

Andalusian intolerance of noisy mopeds is nothing new, with the local council of Granada several years ago unanimously agreeing that any offending vehicles surpassing the maximum permitted level by six decibels would be taken off the road.