Noise Pollution
It sounds like the Peoria City Council wants to get more serious about some of the noise pollution going on in this town, or so says the front page story by Jennifer Davis in the Journal Star.
We've all had to deal with it in Peoria. Those blaring sub-woofers kids have in their cars with volume level set on 11. In fact, a couple of weeks ago I was stopped at a light and the car behind me was so loud, I couldn't even hear my *own* radio. Could even feel some of the vibrations. The kids are going to be deaf by the time they're 30! I could accept this more if they would listen to some good music.
The current ordinance states that loud music shouldn't be heard 50 feet or more away from the vehicle. Violators will be fined a minimum of $200. You'd think that would be petty cash compared to the cost of some of these sound systems. Sometimes I figure that these sound systems are worth more than the vehicle they are installed in.
The proposed ordinance is modeled after an ordinance in Rock Island, IL. It would call for a distance of 75 feet *and* the violator's car seized. The vehicle would be released until a $250 fine and other additional fees paid. I'm not sure how constitutional that is, so I'll refrain from any legal comments for the time being. I just hope any officer that would stop me would understand my volume is up for only a brief time during a really good Zepplin song that came on.
All that needs to be done now is to light the fuse on this set of fireworks. Mayor Ardis likes the idea however, not all council members share his viewpoint. Councilman Gary Sandberg fears a racial problem and that the impounding of personal property is "over-reacting" to the problem. First District Councilman Clyde Gulley expressed his uncertainties asking how any infraction will be proved.
The only advice I would give the city council is to closely analyze the results Rock Island has had with this ordinance and how well it worked before implementing it. It's best to learn from the mistakes of others before you make the same ones yourself.
Common Sense of it All: Creating more ordinances and laws is not going to do anything unless they are enforced.
posted by Common Sense Dude at 12:11 PM
2 Comments:
You are dead wrong about this not being a big deal. Stop complaining? Why don't you and everyone else just where headphones or turn that shit down.
NO ONE else wants to hear your music. Who was the dumb ass who came up with putting sub woofers in cars anyways? Did they have a very,very small penis ?
Any jerk who drives around with loud subwoofers or pipes is saying;
"Look at me everybody, I can make alott of noise like a two tyear old child, Pay attention to me"!!!
What about peoples right to enjoy the peace and quiet of nature?
All across the world ignorant, stupid, selfish people have to expose others to their music and noise.
You are robbing me of my rights and freedom by polluting the air with your loud music.
Just keep it to youself. And all the jerks with loud car, truck, harley exuast pipes are just as bad. Its called consideration for other people ...look into it!
May 18, 2006 9:39 PM
The senseless thrumm-thrumm-thrumm of these over-powered subwoofers may be music to those who are listening to it at the source. However, to those of us who are in our homes, trying to listen to our TVs and stereos at NORMAL levels it is more than an inconvenient annoyance. It is a distracting invasion of our senses. It isn't just the inconsiderate car owners why troll by with their woofers belching (AKA a drive-by) It's the un-neighborly neighbors who crank up the home-stereo to levels that rival the mobile maniacs. We;ve called the authorities on both and they always seem to get warned before the gendarmes arrive. The East Bluff would be a more peaceful place if they'd just turn em down 50%. I guess we'll have to settle for them (and their kids)going deaf from their subwoofers at an earlier age. I just hope we don't go deaf first.
May 28, 2008 7:57 PM
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