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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by ricardobayes on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:00AM (#36028607)
Many "grown-up" countries do care about this. This problem is non-existant in Austria, or Germany for the most part. Roadside police checks consist of decibel metering, which they are trained to use. They will impound the vehicle on the spot if its over the legal limit. Even race tracks have strict sound limits, the scrutineering process has a sound measurement part.
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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by jimmytidey on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:27AM (#36028771)
This makes so much sense. I wish the UK would take the same approach.
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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by mikub on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:53AM (#36028898)
I can tell you this problem does exist(and is getting worse) in germany, and it's terrible. Calling the cops doesn't help, because they really don't care, I mean they even don't care anymore if cars are parking on the sidewalk. I live in a small "town" of around 10.000 people, I really can't imagine how bad it must be in bigger citys.
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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by Metus on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:56AM (#36028923)
> This problem is non-existant in Austria, or Germany for the most part.

This is highly dependent on where in Germany you are talking about. In some parts the police don't care at all.

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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by vmfunction on Monday May 22, 2023 @05:25AM (#36029084)
can imagine that in Berlin, but a city with 10.000 people?
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Re:Noise Is All Around Us–and It’s Affecting You More Than Y... by victornomad on Monday May 22, 2023 @05:05AM (#36028976)
Living in Berlin, I disagree with you. Noisy motorbikes and cars with techno full volume is the bread and butter in my hood.
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