Bangalore's Disastrous cacophony -LEDS
Sir,
Almost every Bangalore vehicle driver indulges in a sadistic honking orgy all the time he is at the driver's seat, when he does not verbalize it on the other road users. He expends all his real and imagined frustrations on the horn button. This leads to a devastating ripple effect on the community and environment as the following statistics show.
The 24 lakh vehicles on 4200 kms roads means 570 vehicles /km. Even assuming that only ten percent of the vehicles are on the road 24 hours all the time there are 57/km 24/7.
However, a more likely assumption, that about 30 percent of the vehicles are on the arteries(10 percent of 4200) during the peak hours, 1600 vehicles clog every kilometer of the arteries.
Most of these indulge in unnecessary honking-by definition all those that are not intended to avoid an immediate accident. A one second honk, affects 1/3 square kilometer area which again by the average population density of Bangalore, means will affect 30,000 unintended,uninvolved, victims that live in the area. This gives an idea of the direct, devastating, deleterious effect on the environment and populace.
I am sure, the authorities like the Governor, Chief Minister, legislators, bureaucrats who happen to live or work in the busy areas can vouch for the cacophonic assault on their ears personally .
I request the police authorities to deem all areas in and around Bangalore as Silent zones with immediate effect unless otherwise notified. Thus save the unfortunate public who call Bangalore Home.
They should strictly implement the Supreme court's 10 pm to 6am no noise/honking order that most enforcement officials appear unaware of.
Almost every Bangalore vehicle driver indulges in a sadistic honking orgy all the time he is at the driver's seat, when he does not verbalize it on the other road users. He expends all his real and imagined frustrations on the horn button. This leads to a devastating ripple effect on the community and environment as the following statistics show.
The 24 lakh vehicles on 4200 kms roads means 570 vehicles /km. Even assuming that only ten percent of the vehicles are on the road 24 hours all the time there are 57/km 24/7.
However, a more likely assumption, that about 30 percent of the vehicles are on the arteries(10 percent of 4200) during the peak hours, 1600 vehicles clog every kilometer of the arteries.
Most of these indulge in unnecessary honking-by definition all those that are not intended to avoid an immediate accident. A one second honk, affects 1/3 square kilometer area which again by the average population density of Bangalore, means will affect 30,000 unintended,uninvolved, victims that live in the area. This gives an idea of the direct, devastating, deleterious effect on the environment and populace.
I am sure, the authorities like the Governor, Chief Minister, legislators, bureaucrats who happen to live or work in the busy areas can vouch for the cacophonic assault on their ears personally .
I request the police authorities to deem all areas in and around Bangalore as Silent zones with immediate effect unless otherwise notified. Thus save the unfortunate public who call Bangalore Home.
They should strictly implement the Supreme court's 10 pm to 6am no noise/honking order that most enforcement officials appear unaware of.
posted by m b nataraj | 4:56 AM
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