Comparison of Community Response to Road Traffic Noise in Japan and Sweden—part I: Outline of Surveys and Dose–response Relationships

Sato, Tetsumi; Yano, Takashi; Björkman, M.; Rylander, Ragnar

doi:10.1006/jsvi.2001.3892

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“…However, vehicle horn use has been markedly reduced as a result of police crackdowns on inappropriate horn use. Nowadays, the vehicle horn is not particularly mentioned as a noise source in social surveys on road traffic noise in Japan [7][8][9][10].…”

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Questionnaire survey on vehicle horn use and its effects on drivers and pedestrians

Takada

Fukuda

Iwamiya

2013

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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The Japanese Road Traffic Law states that a vehicle horn should be used only in an emergency or in dangerous locations where a horn sign has been installed. However, drivers frequently use their vehicle horn as a signal when passing each other. Furthermore, pedestrians and cyclists are also honked at by drivers. There may be a negative effect of vehicle horn use on people outside the vehicle. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was carried out to ascertain the current circumstances of vehicle horn use. Respondents were asked about the latest or last-remembered instance of horn use in various situations, both when they were driving and when they were pedestrians. With regard to experiences of being honked at by another driver, the questionnaire included questions concerning place, traffic volume, the aim of horn use, the timing pattern of horn use, and the respondent's psychological reaction when honked at by another driver. It was found that drivers briefly honked their horn to express gratitude, or to gain another's attention, in various places. Long honks such as one long honk or two long honks mostly evoked negative psychological reactions in drivers, such as a feeling that the sound of the horn was startling, noisy, or irritating. Furthermore, pedestrians frequently had negative psychological reactions to horns used to gain their attention or to alert them to danger. More than 40% of nondrivers were displeased with the volume and sound quality of horns.

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Questionnaire survey on vehicle horn use and its effects on drivers and pedestrians

Takada

Fukuda

Iwamiya

2013

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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“…Several attempts have been made to compare prevalence of annoyance rates across continents and different cultures. No dramatic differences have been reported [60]. The database used in the present study is comprised of 61 surveys, 41 of which have been conducted in Europe.…”

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On the Temporal Stability of People’s Annoyance with Road Traffic Noise

Gjestland

2020

IJERPH

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Sixty-one social surveys on annoyance caused by road traffic noise conducted world-wide over a period of forty-five years have been re-analyzed by various means for possible temporal trends. Eighteen of these surveys were conducted after 2000. People’s reactions to road traffic noise seem to have been stable across the study period. No indications were found that would warrant revision of the current EU reference curve for predicting the annoyance from road traffic noise.

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“…In terms of the Wald statistic, it was the second most important contributor in the systolic blood pressure model after family history of hypertension. Although the type of home is known to affect the degree of noise annoyance (Bj€ ork et al, 2006;Fields, 1993;Sato et al, 2002) and the risk of hypertension in adults (Barregard et al, 2009;Bluhm et al, 2007), the results are conflicting. In the only noise children study hitherto reported, children living in apartment homes showed greater annoyance (Lercher et al, 2000).…”

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The ecological context of soundscapes for children's blood pressure

Evans

Widmann²

2013

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Although the majority of studies on community noise levels and children's physiological stress responses are positive, effect sizes vary considerably, and some studies do not confirm these effects. Employing a contextual perspective congruent with soundscapes, a carefully constructed sample of children (N = 115, M = 10.1 yr) living in households in relatively high (>60 dBA) or low (<50 dBA) noise areas created by proximity to major traffic arterials in Austria was reanalyzed. Several personal and environmental factors known to affect resting cardiovascular parameters measured under well-controlled, clinical conditions were incorporated into the analyses. Children with premature births and elevated chronic stress (i.e., overnight cortisol) were more susceptible to adverse blood pressure responses to road traffic noise. Residence in a multi-dwelling unit as well as standardized assessments of perceived quietness of the area did not modify the traffic noise impacts but each had its own, independent effect on resting blood pressure. A primary air pollutant associated with traffic volume (NO2) had no influence on any of these results. The scope of environmental noise assessment and management would benefit from incorporation of a more contextualized approach as suggested by the soundscape perspective.

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Comparison of Community Response to Road Traffic Noise in Japan and Sweden—part I: Outline of Surveys and Dose–response Relationships

Cited by 19 publications

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Questionnaire survey on vehicle horn use and its effects on drivers and pedestrians

Questionnaire survey on vehicle horn use and its effects on drivers and pedestrians

On the Temporal Stability of People’s Annoyance with Road Traffic Noise

The ecological context of soundscapes for children's blood pressure

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