Hooting
taxis driving you mad?
A
client asked:
Could you please
advise us as to what we must do to enforce the laws against noise pollution
with regard to the taxis which stop at Hyde Park Shopping Centre? We are
incessantly hounded by the noise of their hooting taxis which is entirely
unnecessary and totally unacceptable.
I
referred her to Danie
Geldenhuys, who heads up Environmental Health (Pollution Control), City of
Johannesburg (Region A), Telephone: (011) 025 8020, Cell: 083 467 6627 and E-mail: danieg@joburg.org.za
Danie pointed out
that it would be more appropriate to report the matter to the Johannesburg
Metropolitan Police Department for investigation in terms of illegal ranking
and/or the use of
hooters not for emergency proposes but to solicit customers causing a noise
nuisance.
Although
noise pollution is one of the Pollution Control Environmental Health Section’s
functions it normally deals with point source noise pollution issues (a
specific person or entity causing the noise) rather than diffuse noise
pollution such as sound generated at a taxi rank and if the offence has not
been committed in the presence of the Pollution Control Officer, only on
strength of affidavits from the complainants.
Affidavits in turn must address a specific incident committed at a specific time by a specific person or entity.
Kindly refer to this link in this regard:
Affidavits in turn must address a specific incident committed at a specific time by a specific person or entity.
Kindly refer to this link in this regard:
I
would suggest that the matter be referred to Johannesburg Metropolitan Police
Department for investigation in terms of illegal ranking and/or the use of
hooters not for emergency proposes but to solicit customers causing a noise
nuisance, prohibited in terms of Regulation 9(i) of the Gauteng Noise Control
Regulations and Road Safety Legislation, maybe via the Ward Councillor at the
10+ Ward Meeting.
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