Group Aims to Hush Noise

Style Weekly (Richmond, Virginia) April 24, 2002 Randy Throckmorton can’t sleep night at night. He can’t sleep in the day. Throckmorton, who owns a limousine business, blames “boom cars,” loud mufflers, barking dogs and rude people. The noise...

Can’t Hear You… It’s Too Noisy!!!

by Dale Johnson KFOR 1240 AM (Lincoln, Nebraska) May 3, 2002 “Noise Free America” calls Lincoln this month’s noisiest city. Group founder, Ted Rueter, says city officials have a permissive attitude toward boom cars, rowdy bars, junker cars with bad...

Anti-noise Group Targets Lincoln

The Lincoln Journal-Star May 3, 2002 A national anti-noise group has accused the city of being permissive of bass-laden car stereos and other noise polluters. Noise Free America recently labeled Lincoln as one of its “Noisy Dozen,” a monthly award given to...

The Sound and the Fury

by Michael Gartland Newsday August 4, 2002 Windows vibrate, a car chassis rattles and the ground seems to shake. This is not a low-grade earthquake, nor is it a passing 18-wheeler. It’s bass. The young men in the red sports car coolly nod their heads to the...