tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post358520144183517472..comments2024-03-29T13:08:53.495+01:00Comments on W-wa Jeziorki: The pros and cons of acoustic screensMichael Dembinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-37829811550405657852012-10-13T01:35:28.914+02:002012-10-13T01:35:28.914+02:00There were quite a number of these screens visible...There were quite a number of these screens visible on a recent Eurostar journey from London to Brussels. You'd have thought that train passengers at least should have been able to see the view. <br /><br />Living by that ribbon of blight across the hills, the A34 whose noise extends for miles across once-pristine country, I support noice barriers. As for safety, perhaps drivers look at the view too much. There are wrecks all the time on the scenic A34. Today's special was a smashed BMW that clearly had been rolled.whitehorsepilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336201990231834504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-24318206216232755672012-10-12T16:58:25.712+02:002012-10-12T16:58:25.712+02:00In Germany, screens on the autobahns are reaching ...In Germany, screens on the autobahns are reaching epidemic proportions. Most of the UK-PL route thru Germany from Holland to the old East/West border is now blighted with them. When you see the astonishing volume of traffic these days (especially HGVs) it's clear they're very necessary, but it sure makes travel a lot less interesting than it used to be. <br /><br />Reminds me of the final scene from a sci-fi movie, (was it Brazil or Blade Runner?), when the hero & heroine escape the urban ghetto down one of these screened roads to reach a mythical green field paradise.Sigismundonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-41868774837916884402012-10-12T08:55:32.191+02:002012-10-12T08:55:32.191+02:00There is a piece today on the TVN24 website referr...There is a piece today on the TVN24 website referring to a Rzepa article on sound screens and the waste of money. Reserach shows that the low sound limits were inmosed by a PiS minister of the environment. Why does that not surprise me? Just another symptom of the statist Poland PiS wanted to recreate despite the evident failure of socialism.AndrzejKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-17544445096611205492012-10-11T09:30:04.953+02:002012-10-11T09:30:04.953+02:00Conspiracy theorists will point out that Poland is...Conspiracy theorists will point out that Poland is "holier than the Pope" by adopting a lower ambient sound level for determining whether screens are required and also insisting that screens are put up when existing roads are modernised. Good question as to whether screen manufacturers lobbied to have the legislation put in place. There is also some proof that the electricity generators lobby for increased standards of insulation of building materials as the extra energy they sell when the materials are manufactured far outweigh cumulative energy savings in the future.<br /><br />And lasty who designed the glass houses which serve as sound barriers on the Trasa Torunska? The cost must have been astronomical.AndrzejKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-63473886874239446452012-10-11T07:51:46.362+02:002012-10-11T07:51:46.362+02:00I was in Wrocław the other day and really noticed ...I was in Wrocław the other day and really noticed with some of the new roadworks just how much these screens reduce the noise. 8 lanes of roaring city traffic on one side, a distant buzz on the other. I vote for - but the plant ones wherever possible. <br /><br />Do they increase the danger of falling asleep on the road as well?!<br /><br />It's an interesting topic. Frankly certain parts of the Midlands could do with being hidden to the passing world!!Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09163232911999188637noreply@blogger.com