The council said the new fendering should "significantly cut vibration and impact noise from the ferry operations for those residents bordering slipways".

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But the inspector recommended refusal due to traffic noise and vibration, environmental and flooding concerns.

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The device's blob-shaped center, which is suspended inside 16 aluminum fins, tackles two age-old annoyances common to external drives of this type: noise and vibration.

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If left unchecked, the problem could lead to failure of the bearing assembly, although related noise and vibration would make this easily detectable by the driver, the company said.

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For example, spreading the same number of journeys over a greater period of time through trading across may well bring the benefits of easing congestion at peak times, but roadside residents will not be grateful when traffic noise and vibration start earlier in the morning and continue through the night.

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Toyota's noise-vibration-harshness gurus nonetheless managed to quell most of the unpleasant resonances and noise in the cabin.

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The movement also imparts some slight vibration to the chassis, but we think with better integration that noise and movement could be minimized.

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Each leather hide is hand-stitched, the seats are slim-lined and scalloped for maximum comfort, and the car uses acoustic glazing, under-floor shields and hidden anti-vibration panels throughout the interior to suppress all unwanted noise.

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Its no-contact drive system uses an advanced low-noise motor and geared belt to ensure control over speed while filtering out vibration.

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