Position Paper: Proposed Tyre Noise Reduction Goals ‘Not Feasible’
A position paper produced by the ETRMA and recently obtained by the news agency Reuters indicates that the industry association retains its viewpoint on road noise reduction levels outlined last year. On October 18, 2007 the organisation sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Enterprise, Günther Verheugen, proposing voluntary reduction levels while cautioning that the reductions set out by the European Commission may lead to a compromising of road safety. The document obtained by Reuters appears to include similar content, and is said to call some of the Commission’s noise reduction goals “not feasible.”