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Subject: RE: Re: Honking Cabbies
2009-05-29 18:05
This may be a project to combine the passions of the two Aarons that love to make noise about excess
This may be a project to combine the passions of the two Aarons that
love to make noise about excessive noise. 

Aaron Friedman (CC'd )lead a successful campaign to reduce the use of
Car Alarms.  http://www.silentmajorityny.org/

He is busy through this month leading Make Music NY.



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From: Aaron Naparstek [mailto:aaron@...] 
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:38 PM
To: nycsr-discussion@...
Subject: Re: [New York City Streets Renaissance discussion] Re: Honking
Cabbies

i didn't have a decibel meter on me but it sure sounded that way to me.



On May 29, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Paul Chenard wrote:

> I haven't had a chance to hear a London cab horn, are they  
> significantly lower
> in decibels than their American cousin?
>
>
> On 2009-05-29 12:37, Aaron Naparstek wrote:
>> it's a great idea. the horns in london taxis would do just fine and  
>> it
>> wouldn't take all that much work to modify these horns.
>>
>> i'd love to see someone do a sustained and organized advocacy effort
>> at the TLC and in City Council on this issue. they will be highly
>> resistant but this is very winnable. taxis are relatively easy to
>> regulate.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 29, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Paul Chenard wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone. I've been pondering these days what we would need to do
>>> in order to suppress the over use of car horns by cab drivers. As we
>>> all know the threat of the $350 fine for honking has not been a
>>> deterrent and in my opinion almost impossible to enforce, so I
>>> propose looking into a car horn for our yellow cabs that isn't as
>>> loud as the current ones. What do my fellow New Yorkers think of
>>> this idea? What are your ideas about this issue and how should it be
>>> addressed? Does anyone know of a horn or heard of a car horn that
>>> isn't as loud. Does anyone know of any other cities that have
>>> successfully addressed this issue?
>>>
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