City Wins ‘Award’ for Being Noisy

by Will Sullivan The Yale Daily News October 17, 2003 If you believe Ted Rueter, New Haven is a city under siege. The attackers are a creative bunch, employing such diverse tools as the motorcycle, the leaf-blower and, of course, the dreaded boom car. Rueter, a...

Noise Fighters Urge Crackdown

by Rick Armon Rochester Democrat and Chronicle December 26, 2003 James Kaufmann is simply looking for a little peace and quiet. But everywhere he turns, he says he finds unwanted noise. Boom boxes. Loud car stereos. Loud mufflers. All assaulting his ears. “I...

Just Too Loud

by Jeffrey Kluger Time Magazine March 30, 2004 Car alarms! Boom boxes! Leaf blowers! If the noise isn’t making you crazy, it may be making you sick Ted Rueter isn’t joking about possibly moving to New Zealand. And if he does go, it won’t be the...