Odds & Ends
David Lodge - "Deaf Sentence", a novel. A novel about a marginally deaf professor and the problems he gets into trying to hear. Entertaining and educational with a serious side. |
Snippet above from iNewspaper 4th January 2024
The Guardian newspaper has also taken issue with the noise problem under the by-line "Who wants a din with their dinner?"
A personal experience - enjoying the the café in Exbury Gardens with a friend we experienced a visit by a "crocodile" of schoolchildren. Far from being noisy on their arrival, the noise level actually dropped considerably. They were all wearing outdoor coats (being Winter time) and had been encouraged not to shout to each other. The teacher only had to address them in a normal speaking voice.
(This is an example of dealing with the Lombard Effect..)
(This is an example of dealing with the Lombard Effect..)
Noise cameras to catch 'boy racers' (October 2022):
A noise-detecting traffic camera to catch so-called "boy racers" is being tested in Keighley, West Yorkshire. It will then be moved to Birmingham, Bristol and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk over the next two months. The Department for Transport (DIT) held a competition to select the four areas where the £300,000 trial will take place, amid concerns about the impact on residents from motorists revving engines and using illegal exhausts. The technology uses a camera and several microphones to detect noisy vehicles. The camera records an image of the vehicle and its noise level, creating "digital evidence" which can be used by police to issue fines.
The Transport Secretary, AnneMarie Trevelyan, said: "These cameras will help police clamp down on those who break legal noise limits or use illegal modified exhausts."
London's Westminster Council already uses noise cameras to catch boy racers.
A noise-detecting traffic camera to catch so-called "boy racers" is being tested in Keighley, West Yorkshire. It will then be moved to Birmingham, Bristol and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk over the next two months. The Department for Transport (DIT) held a competition to select the four areas where the £300,000 trial will take place, amid concerns about the impact on residents from motorists revving engines and using illegal exhausts. The technology uses a camera and several microphones to detect noisy vehicles. The camera records an image of the vehicle and its noise level, creating "digital evidence" which can be used by police to issue fines.
The Transport Secretary, AnneMarie Trevelyan, said: "These cameras will help police clamp down on those who break legal noise limits or use illegal modified exhausts."
London's Westminster Council already uses noise cameras to catch boy racers.