Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2013-02-06-Speech-3-313-000"
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"en.20130206.27.3-313-000"2
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"The Commission’s proposed regulation aims to reduce noise pollution from traffic, which has a severely detrimental effect on public health. Problems such as anxiety, tinnitus, sleep disturbance, psychological problems and cardiovascular diseases are all linked to excessive road noise and it is estimated that 70 million people across the EU are exposed to road noise levels that can have an adverse effect on their health. By lowering the maximum permissible noise level for motor vehicles, these proposals will have the equivalent noise-reduction effect of halving the level of traffic. I understand concerns regarding the impact of the legislation on the car industry, and in committee I supported an amendment to give the industry more time in which to meet the targets. Nevertheless, the European Commission’s impact assessment of the proposed regulation found that the benefits for society as a whole would be more than 20 times higher than the costs for industry. There are also concerns about silent electric or hybrid vehicles and their safety implications for visually-impaired people. For this reason I also supported an amendment that would make it mandatory for electric and hybrid vehicles to be fitted with artificial sound systems."@en1
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