What is a Noise Pollution Ordinance?
Noise Pollution Ordinances fall under the jurisdiction of the city/district council. They are meant to protect citizens from any noise nuisance coming from vehicles, machinery, street equipment, and loud parties. They also set the fines and punishments for repeat offenses. To give you an example, a town in the United Kingdom fines first time offenders GBP 2000. Now, we all know that we can’t get people to turn down their stereos when they drive down the road, but we could have • “Silence Zones” around educational institutions, hospitals and courts, where horn blowing, loud parties, etc. would not be allowed at all • Ban on playing music outdoors at wedding halls after 11 pm • Require all vehicles, including rickshaws, to have mufflers How Does it Help Us? Wouldn’t you like to have breakfast without hearing the horns of impatient drivers dropping off children at a badly located school? Don’t you think that it would help the comfort of patients in hospitals if they didn’t hear the consta
