Brigade Electronics has received one of the first NAS-Piek certificates to be awarded for their unique reversing alarms which assist quiet night time deliveries. Speaking at the CV show forum for quiet night time deliveries.
Brigade’s Sales Director, Noel Moody said: “Brigade has been pioneering reversing safety for the last 30 years and are greatly honoured to be working in conjunction with the Noise Abatement Society and Piek to quieten the streets whilst providing the highest level of safety.”
Piek was appointed by the Dutch government to develop quiet vehicles to comply with ‘the retail trade environment protection decree.’ A series of trials were conducted in the Netherlands using innovative noise reducing measures. The Noise Abatement Society in the UK also trialled new methods to curb noise nuisance. Working together with J Sainsbury, and Wandsworth Council through the ‘silent approach’ scheme, the Noise Abatement Society aimed to set a noise ceiling of under 60dB.
The results of the trial have set a standard of best practise with other commercial sectors and local authorities. The Noise Abatement Society and Piek formed a partnership in 2007 and formed the NAS-Piek certification scheme to recognise companies who produce technology to assist night time deliveries at greatly reduced noise levels. Brigade Electronics innovative broad band (white sound) reversing alarm (bbs-tek) limits its sound to the immediate danger area, thus preventing noise disturbance to local residents.
Although reversing alarms are essential for safety, the NAS-Piek scheme recognised bbs-tek for its unique quietening abilities. Unlike conventional tonal alarms, which are unnecessarily loud, bbs-tek emits a “ssh ssh” sound which is less irritating.
Brigade’s white sound reversing alarms are considered to be the safest on the market. In a similar way that a person reacts to a snapped twig, the broad band sound frequency is directional and therefore locatable, unlike ‘bleeping’ tonal alarms.
Brigade’s new self adjusting broad band sound reversing alarms demonstrate Brigade’s continued commitment to reducing noise pollution, whilst increasing safety. The SA bbs-tek adjusts the volume to 5-10dB above the ambient noise level, so that a reversing vehicle can still be heard, without creating unnecessary noise. In recognition of its noise reducing properties, bbs-tek has received world wide acclaim in Europe, America and Austria.
Broad band sound alarms have been written into the Olympic Delivery Authority’s Code of Construction Practice for the 2012 Games and all construction sites in the GLA area of London. It is also the only reversing alarm permitted on construction vehicles in all areas of the City of New York.
