Santa Rosa County is tightening up its noise ordinance to make it illegal for sounds louder than 60 decibels — the sound level of a normal conversation or a dishwasher — to come from private or ...

If I stand right next to the relatively busy road out the front, high-frequency tire noise from passing cars doing about 50 km/h (30 mph) is reliably around 60 dBA and you have to raise your voice to ...

What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...

We live in a noisy world, from traffic and aircraft congestion to construction sites, TV shows, and many other sources. But understanding dB measurements can help, as we will soon see. Noise is an ...

PROVIDENCE — BLU on the Water, an East Greenwich restaurant, lounge and summer venue for live music, filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday seeking to overturn the town’s Sound Amendment, which ...

Did you know there were laws limiting truck noise levels? You’ve probably seen no idle zones and no Jake Brake zones posted on roadside signs. Those rules are usually city or county ordinances or ...