Recently, a report was published that indicated that Lima has a very high noise level. For those of us who live here that goes with out saying. Although the report measured in certain parts of the city the noise level it did not get into the real details of why? Outside of mentioning that there are some older vehicles that have loud motors and that the Lima driver honks the horn in excess the report did not look at to some of the underlying causes of this noise.
The single most important factor that this study should have included is the fact that almost all of this noise has one simple solution, changing human behavior. The streets are noisy because Limeños want it that way. That is the only conclusion that one can draw. Not honking the horn would result in a nearly 100% reduction in the street noise, getting the street vendors to stop whistling would also go a long way to providing a more peaceful environment.
However, as we know, changing human behavior is hard and by the looks of it Limeños have gotten used to a certain degree to this noise and prefer to complain about it than do something to solve it. It is everyone else´s problem but not mine is the classic refrain. The authorities also only pay lip service to this problem, perhaps because they can´t hear the complaints due to all the noise.
Here is another opinion on the same subject.
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