NAPLES, Fla. — Quiet Florida is an organization working hard to reduce noise pollution from airplanes and car modifications in Naples.
“It’s terrorizing our neighborhoods right now,” said Quiet Florida President Mary Tatigan, “when you feel it in your home … sitting on your couch, watching TV, doors and windows closed … it’s annoying”.
Quiet Florida met with Collier County Commissioners today to discuss possible solutions to these noise disturbances.
“There’s definitely some feasibility in setting a limit for vehicles that are too loud,” said Todd Gilbert, director of operations at Rally Point Garage, “obviously there’s a fine line between, you know, what is that limit and how they meet. and enforce it.”
One of the things proposed today was the installation of noise sensors to check the decibel levels of cars. The county commission did not accept this proposal. Quiet Florida was still very pleased with the commitment Collier County has shown to continue the search for viable solutions.
“Generally, the people in the car are very good people. You’ll find that most of them are open and willing to do anything for anybody,” Gilbert said, “so I don’t think it’s a difficult transition for them to operate under certain guidelines that make sense.”
Gilbert also stressed that while the car community welcomes the changes, he wants to prevent the county from sinking into a hole that puts too much regulation on car enthusiasts.
“I think a lot of it has to be just starting to have conversations with the community at large, working with us; just finding some solutions and trying to find ways around it,” Gilbert said, “people’s fear right now is that once you introduce this kind of legislation… what happens?
