EU TIGHTENS AUTO NOISE RULES, BUT ENVIRONMENTALISTS STILL UNHAPPY
April 14th, 2014
WITH more than three in four residents of the European Union (EU) residing in cities and traffic volumes rising, the number of complaints linked to environmental noise in Europe has been increasing. That is why earlier this month, members of the European Parliament backed proposals from the EU executive, the European Commission, to reduce vehicle noise by 25% in cities by the year 2024. According to the Commission, vehicle noise standards had not been refreshed since the 1990's; so in 2011, its officials penned a new proposal.The resulting regulation says noise ...
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