Noise Levels - Thailand - City to turn down the volume
Bangkok, Thailand -The Nation (Thai)/TMCnet (USA) -Apr 29, 2006: -- Twenty per cent of people surveyed in the Yaowarat and Saphan Khwai areas of Bangkok suffer hearing problems due to excessive traffic noise, Pollution Control Department deputy director-general Adisak Thongkhaimuk, said yesterday... To tackle the problem, all vehicles found producing noise levels beyond the legal limit of 95 decibels would be banned from using city streets for 30 days, he said... Starting from May 7, their drivers will also face heavy fines as checkpoints will be set up in all 50 Bangkok districts to conduct random noise checks...
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