In Another City......

Noise Restrictions Imposed for Parks

 Dublin dwellers will be able the enjoy the sound of silence, or as near to it as possible, in some of the capital's parks. Seven parks and one beach will become "quiet areas" where noise levels must be kept below 55 decibels during the day and 45 decibels at night. The noise regulations will restrict construction activity as well as road, rail and air traffic in the vicinity of the parks.
Parks which will be quiet areas must already be relatively quiet; some of the city's best known parks cannot qualify as the current noise level during the daytime exceeds 70 decibels (a lower level than in all of Bangkok's public parks!)
Existing laws already prohibit "nuisance noise" such as playing of musical instruments, radios or stereos at a pitch that would "give reasonable cause for annoyance". The quiet area policy is designed to combat "environmental noise", and aims primarily to minimise noise from outside the parks.
New laws to implement silence in the parks will be enforced by on-the-spot fines.