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Making sound sense
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"Anticipating the inevitability of the extension of delivery hours as a result of chronic congestion in our towns and cities, introducing quiet delivery practices now, under strict guidelines and independent monitoring ensures that the public will be protected throughout."
We can't help but feel that the above statement from the Noise Abatement Society INAS) is a case of 'waking up and smelling the coffee.: but it's still welcome. Along with many others, CM has long called for the greater use of night-time deliveries to cut congestion and boost vehicle efficiency. What's more, if we're going to have more of them, the joint Freight Transport Association IFTAVNAS initiative makes you forgive the pun) 'sound sense'. It comes as no surprise to us that following a pilot project at a large London supermarket aided by both parties in late 2007 "...decibel levels, journey times, delivery costs and.: emissions were reduced and no noiserelated complaints were made by residents. Why? Since 1996 EC HGV noise levels have been held steady at 80dBIA1, itself a drop of more than 84% since 1980 when they were 92dB(A). Or, to put it another way 12 x 500hp tractors today make as much noise now as a 250hp truck did back in 19701That's how far we've come in cutting
..noise. Indeed, a bigger area of attention for cutting truck obso noise is tyres, not engines.
The FTA/NAS work deserves industry backing, especially since this week is 'Noise Action Week'. But trucks are quieter now, so when people complain about noise, it's more likely to be because their neighbour's 'surroundsound' TV or music centre is too loud... Thanks to the miracle of the transistor and the amplifier we can annoy our neighbours like never before. Too bad the effort made in reducing noise from CVs hasn't been matched by the makers of car stereos...
Brian Weather-Ley