Lucainena de las Torres says no to noisy motorists

The Lucainena de las Torres town council has approved a new set of by-laws which will give the local police power to control noise pollution caused by motor vehicles. The byelaws make it illegal to circulate in the town without an exhaust pipe or with silencers which are inefficient, incomplete, inadequate or deteriorated. They also prohibit the use of musical equipment installed in vehicles with an exterior noise level of more than fifteen decibels. The town council has gone even further and has prohibited vehicles from emitting electromagnetic disturbances, gases or other contaminants in the town's streets. Fines for any of these offences range from thirty to three hundred euros and the local police can now also impound those vehicles the owners of which refuse to comply with the new emission controls.