How to make noise so that there are no problems
Right / / January 06, 2021
What counts as noise
It would seem that everything is simple: if sound disturbs someone, this is noise. But “loud” is a relative concept. Someone doesn't even care about the party. And someone is ready to walk around and complain that neighbors flush the toilet too loudly at night. This is not a reason to endure until the morning - it is better to find out what the law says about this.
The maximum permissible noise level is determinedSanPiN 2.1.2.2645-10 in SanPiN. Moreover, restrictions exist not only for the night. The legal loudness limit is 45 decibels at night and 55 decibels during the day. To make it clearer, here are examples:
- rustle of foliage - 15 decibels;
- the ticking of a wristwatch or a whisper - 20 decibels;
- muffled conversation - 30 decibels;
- normal conversation - 40 decibels;
- noise at the workplace in production or loud conversations, electric shaver - 65–70 decibels;
- vacuum cleaner, hair dryer - 40–80 decibels;
- puncher, squeal - 100-120 decibels;
- aircraft engine - 140 decibels.
There are standards for noise in the local area: 70 decibels during the day and 60 - at night.
When you can't make noise
SanPiN definesSanPiN 2.1.2.2645-10 night time is from 11 pm to 7 am, and it is this time that many consider the period when one should not make noise. But this is not the case everywhere. According to the leading lawyer of the European Legal Service Maxim Bekanov, each subject has adopted one or another law that regulates when you need to be quieter. Sometimes this period coincides with that specified in SanPiN. And sometimes the local authorities change it. For comparison:
- In Moscow it is impossibleObservance of peace of citizens and silence in the city of Moscow make noise from 23 to 7 o'clock. At the same time, loud repair work is prohibited from 19 to 9 o'clock and from 13 to 15 o'clock, as well as on Sunday and non-working holidays.
- In St. Petersburg, night is consideredOn administrative offenses in St. Petersburg time from 22 to 8 hours.
- No noise in the Saratov regionOn administrative offenses on the territory of the Saratov region from 21 to 9 hours.
- It is prohibited in the Ulyanovsk regionOn some measures to ensure peace of mind and silence on the territory of the Ulyanovsk region be unnecessarily loud from 11 pm to 7 am on weekdays and until 9 am on weekends and holidays, as well as from 1 pm to 3 pm daily.
To know exactly when to make noise, it is better to look for a regulatory act in your region. The necessary provisions can be enshrined in the law on administrative offenses or displayed in a separate document.
How to tell if you're being too loud
You hardly ever carry a sound level meter with you so as not to disturb anyone. This is usually not expected of you. Therefore, the regional law often stipulates what exactly cannot be done. For example, normative acts of Moscow and St. Petersburg at night prohibit:
- Use televisions, radios, tape recorders and other sound-reproducing devices.
- Play musical instruments, shout, whistle, sing and make loud noises.
- Move furniture.
- Launch pyrotechnics (except for New Year's Eve).
- Make repairs, carry out loading and unloading operations.
This also applies to the local area near residential buildings, hospitals, sanatoriums and other buildings in which people need peace. So you should not turn on a portable speaker under someone else's windows.
However, you are unlikely to have any questions if you loudly eliminate the consequences of accidents or perform other urgent work at night. Religious practices are often an exception. The local law will tell you more precisely.
Than excessive volume threatens you
You will be fined. To what extent is established by regional laws. To hold you accountable, the disaffected must call the police. They will record the noise and write out a protocol. This is how it works in theory. In practice, proving a violation is not easy. Most likely, the district police officer will simply conduct a preventive conversation with you.
But this is not an indulgence to noise at night. First of all, you can still be fined. Secondly, it is not possible punishment that should stop you, but common sense. Sleep is a basic human need that greatly affects the quality of his life. And noise, especially impact noise, interferes with normal rest.
So moving furniture, hammering nails and throwing a ball to the dog at night is not worth it. To check the volume of the music, just go to another room. If you don't hear anything, neither do the neighbors. And for such cases, headphones have been created.
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