Police and drivers get ready for Rumblers

by Maria Cramer The Boston Globe (www.boston.com) May 19, 2008 Din-filled times spur new device (Click here to view accompanying video) Modern technology has been hard on the old-fashioned police siren. Drivers are pumping up the volume in their cars to earth-shaking...

Sounds of the City

by Jeff Meredith Science Metropolis June 2, 2008 “America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle. It is not surprising that the sound practical sense of the American...

Warren wins dubious award

by Staff Report Youngstown Vindicator October 6, 2008 WARREN — The city has been named this month’s winner of the Noisy Dozen Award from Noise Free America for tolerating excessive noise from lawn equipment, truck traffic and illegally modified car exhausts. According...