Pass boom car legislation

by Ted Rueter Gainesville (Florida) Sun March 29, 2013 Noise Free America, a national membership organization with chapters in Florida, strongly supports passage of HB 1019, to place limits on loud car stereos. This legislation is desperately needed to reduce the...

Letter to Eastlake, Ohio police chief

by Ted Rueter Noise Free America June 25, 2013 June 25, 2013 Larry Reik Chief of Police Eastlake, Ohio Dear Chief Reik, I am the founder and director of Noise Free America, a national non-profit organization devoted to noise reduction. Doug Patrick of Eastlake asked...

Loud noise a growing concern in Nashville

by Laura Lane Bloomington Herald-Times June 29, 2013 Geoff Keller spent 40 years traveling North America, recording the faint, peaceful sounds of nature for Cornell University research. But too often, noise pollution — a jet passing low, the whir of a string trimmer,...

Congressman Darrell Issa

by Ted Rueter Noise Free America July 1, 2013 July 1, 2013 Al Sharpton Host, “Politics Nation,” MSNBC 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10012 Dear Rev. Sharpton, I am writing to share some information about Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the...

Loud Pipes Stir Debate

by Charles Michael Ray South Dakota Public Broadcasting August 7, 2013 Each year, about this time the Black Hills can triple in population, and a large number of the extra half-million people who show up have loud thundering motorcycles. Bikers are everywhere in South...