Road traffic noise is the EU's most widespread environmental problem
Traffic noise is harming the health of more than one in three EU citizens Road noise imposes disproportionate costs on public authorities and society compared to the modest costs of controlling noise directly from the vehicle. Despite this, noise standards for road vehicles have not been updated for 20 years. This is stated in a document from Transport & Environment, Health & Environment Alliance, and the European Environmental Bureau (whose Norwegian member is Norwegian Association against Noise).