VEHICLE NOISE SURVEY IN KENTUCKY
INDIVIDUAL NOISE MEASUREMENTS WERE OBTAINED ON 10,500 MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING ON KENTUCKY HIGHWAYS. THE THE ROADWAYS WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT VARIED GEIOMETRIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND POSTED SPEED LIMITS. PERCENTAGES OF AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS EXCEEDING A GIVEN LEVEL OF NOISE WERE DETERMINED. AS EXPECTED, NOISE LEVELS OF TRUCKS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN FOR AUTOMOBILES, AND LARGER TRUCKS PRODUCED HIGHER NOISE LEVELS THAN SMALLER FOR ANY VEHICLE, TYPE, NOISE INCREASED WITH AN INCREASE IN SPEED. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Contract KYP-72-24 4 APP
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Corporate Authors:
Kentucky Department of Transportation
Bureau of Highways
Frankfort, KY United States 40601 -
Authors:
- Agent, K R
- Rizenbergs, R L
- Publication Date: 1973-9
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 23 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Geometry; Highways; Noise; Size; Sound level; Speed; Traffic noise; Trucks
- Old TRIS Terms: Truck noise
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224569
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: Interim
- Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
- Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM