NoisePollution.co.za
Raising awareness about excessive noise from Checkers Sixty60 delivery motorbikes in residential neighbourhoods.
Under construction - Evidence collection coming soon
We're building a public, evidence-backed log of noisy delivery events that disturb residents' peace and affect mental well-being. We'll publish counts, time-of-day trends, audio samples and anonymized images to show the scale and impact.
Planned features:
- Automated pass-counting using Ultralytics YOLO11 real-time object detection and image segmentation model
- Interactive graphs
- Audio samples correlated to timestamps
- Decibel readings
- Clear privacy & legal notes about recording
- Moderated comments and evidence uploads
Why this matters
Chronic noise - especially at weekends and evenings - is linked to anxiety, stress and reduced quality of life. This project aims to gather verifiable evidence and engage Checkers and local authorities for quieter, safer routing and quieter vehicles.
The common bikes used (BigBoy Velocity) produce unacceptable decibel levels, and coupled with excessive frequency, disturb the peace and tranquility of residents far beyond reasonable levels.
Why go through all this effort?
Our street is on an incline (meaning excessive straining of engines) and is used as a shortcut to deliver to multiple security estates meaning our evenings and weekends are just a constant drone of these motorbikes.
We're fed-up. After constant pleading with Checkers for almost a year, they have not done anything about our situation. The delivery numbers simply increase every month.
We should not have to sell our home and move if we want to have the lawful right to peace and quiet in our own homes (COCT bylaw).
They could simply stop using our street as a shortcut to multiple estates (who seem to have an unhealthy ocbsession with grocery deliveries), and keep to main roads, but that doesn't seem to be an option for them, so here we are.