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Minister comes back to noise
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THE Minister of Transport is planning regulations to deal with maximum noise levels for motor vehicles. Announcing this in the Commons, Mr. Swingler told MPs it would be an offence for these levels to be exceeded on a road.
He pointed out that the regulations would reduce uncertainties and strengthen the law. The British Standards Institution had published a standard for meters for measuring vehicle noise, and several manufacturers made meters complying with. it.
Evidence that a vehicle had been shown by a noise meter to have produced a certain number of decibels could be presented in support of court proceedings, he noted.
But, he added, it would be for the court to determine what weight should be given to such evidence and whether or not the noise had been excessive in the particular circumstances of the case.