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9 wrz 2020 · To address this situation, different countries have different strategies like vehicular noise limits and their regulation, vehicles physical health checkup, different time of operations for noisy traffic like trucks in the evening or night time, and noise pollution fines for noisy vehicles.
23 lis 2020 · Road traffic noise is the dominant source affecting human exposure above the EU’s threshold of 55 decibels (dB) for daily exposure and 50 dB for night exposure. Around 100 million people are exposed to road traffic noise above 55 dB in the 33 member countries of the EEA (Figure 1).
31 mar 2021 · For road traffic, noise generated by the contact between the tyres and the road surface is the dominating sound at speed levels >30–35 km/h for cars and >55–65 km/h for heavy vehicles.
1 kwi 2022 · Road traffic noise is one of the main environmental risks to health and wellbeing. The study provides an in-depth assessment of available road traffic noise data and estimates population exposure and health impacts for >700 cities in Europe.
21 kwi 2022 · A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. A leading driver of the widening gap between rich and poor urban residents. Answer: the vehicles on our streets, primarily the not-so-humble passenger car.
4 wrz 2019 · The smog, carbon monoxide, and other toxins emitted by vehicles are especially troubling because they leave tailpipes at street level, where humans breathe the polluted air directly into...
Exposure to loud noise has long been linked with hearing loss. But the ruckus of planes and cars takes a toll beyond the ears.
