uaru
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posted on April 8, 2001 10:39:58 AM new
When I'm in stuck in traffic I'm not in the best moods. Lets face it, it isn't quality time by any stretch of the imagination. I find it really taxing when the car behind, in front, and to the side of me is playing music that would register on the Richter scale as a minor earthquake. My secret fantasy is to witness one of these drivers stepping out of their car and suddenly realize they have blood coming from their ears and they are totally deaf.
I think one of the saddest things is when I see these cars producing 100+ decibels with a child in them.
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gravid
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posted on April 8, 2001 10:46:16 AM new
No sadder than a car all sealed up with the adults all smoking and the kids sitting there sucking all that crap in that will maybe kill them 30 years from now. Not to mention the ones that are asthmatic and the Mom and Dad will sit there watching them wheeze and gasp for breath but are in denial as to the cause because their addiction comes first.
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Pocono
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posted on April 8, 2001 11:38:42 AM new
huh? what? whudya say?
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Linda_K
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posted on April 8, 2001 04:24:59 PM new
uaru - I can identify with your frustration on this issue. Some people just aren't considerate enough to even think someone may not be enjoying their music, especially at those levels.
We had two teenaged boys on our block who would bring their huge speakers out on their front lawn and 'blast' the neighborhood with their music while they washed their cars. Neighbors complained, but it did no good. Then one neighbor decided that each time they'd do this, he'd do the same thing only with his music and his speakers to get even. Such fun....(not).
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Pocono
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posted on April 8, 2001 04:32:08 PM new
I must confess to being guilty of this horrific display back in my teenage years. (1982)
I was fined $80. after being ticketed for "excessive noise" by a cop that heard my van blarring from 4 blocks away 
Come on now, Quiet Riot wasn't meant for your daddy's pocket resistor!
"Cum On, Feel The Noise..."
HA!
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scrabblegod
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posted on April 8, 2001 05:16:37 PM new
I have some interest in building a small radio transmitter for a project of mine and saw an interesting idea on one of the groups today.
It is a small battery powered device that will block radio signals in the FM band for a 30 foot radius. No use against CD or cassette, but would love to build one and shut down the inconsiderate a**hole in the car next to mine.
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gravid
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posted on April 8, 2001 07:36:16 PM new
I know they have an actual decibel level here in MI that you can't exceed but I have never actually heard of anyone enforcing it.
Another pet peeve of mine is when someone has a car that billows oil smoke out so bad that people actually pull over to the curb rather than follow them and you see them the same time every day for months so you know the cops never pull them over and tell them they have to fix it. One of these must make as much pollution as a thousand normal cars.
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Borillar
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posted on April 8, 2001 08:30:46 PM new
You may get a giggle out of this:
When I worked for a car radio place back in the early 1980's, we had some kids purchase a LOUD speaker system for their hatchback vehicle. Those hatchback vehicles were the best for loud >>THUMP<< and >>WHAM<< beats as the speakers were turned down inwards into the trunk of the vehicle and becomes a HUGE Sub-Woofer!
So, I sold this one system, the kids installed in in their old beater and went on a road trip. They next returned the equipment after the weekend because they had turned their music up so loud that it blew out the hatchback window! 
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zilvy
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posted on April 8, 2001 09:11:48 PM new
Kid sitting in car outside of a retail complex, waiting to pick up a girl friend, all windows rolled up....noise so loud the windows of the nearest store are shaking.
I walk over knock on window, my presence not the sound of my knocking made him look up.
He rolls down window and without making any verbal sound I start "talking" to him about how if he keeps this up he will be deaf before he turns 18. Pointing to my ears and his. He keeps saying What? What? Turns down
radio, breaks up laughing...thank goodness he had a sense of humor (my husband was nearby)I'm real brave with him around!!
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uaru
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posted on April 8, 2001 09:12:24 PM new
they had turned their music up so loud that it blew out the hatchback window!
I really don't care what they do to their car or their hearing really. My problem is their 'entertainment' crosses the line and becomes my irritant. I've called the cops twice on cars that demanded to be noticed, I guess they can't complain they did want the attention. They ended up arresting one kid, I assume he had some other warrants or he had poor people skills
I don't bother people with my music, I don't feel I'm demanding much that they respect my boundaries.
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yeager
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posted on April 9, 2001 12:32:20 AM new
Here's the perfect way to counter the idiot who plays music so loud that you only hear THUMP THUMP, THUMP THUMP coming from behind you. This method is guarenteed to work every time and only take about 20-30 seconds to do. I used to drive city bus and used it even when working.
You're sitting at the stop light, waiting for it to turn green and you hear the "music". The speed limit on the street is 35mph. When the light turns green, SLOWLY accelerate to 25 mph. The person with the music, usually young, is to impatient to go that slow and passes you in the first block or two. When the music passes, you then go 35mph. Works every time!
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bitsandbobs
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posted on April 9, 2001 01:49:42 AM new
yeager, Instead of driving off slowly why not slowly reverse over them.
If they complain just tell 'em you couldn't hear their horn tooting!
Bob, Downunder but never down.
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thedewey
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posted on April 9, 2001 11:18:41 AM new
There's a truck (well, a Ford Explorer, to be exact) belonging to someone who either lives in our small subdivision or visits someone who lives here on a regular basis.
Keep in mind that I'm 32, so I've heard plenty of loud radios throughout high school and college (and admittedly have played my own music too loud on occasion) , but this guy's (or girl's?) radio is the loudest I've ever heard. The windows in the house rattle when he goes by, and everything on the shelves jiggles around. It's so loud that it feels kind of like the music is affecting your heartbeat - you can definitely feel it in your chest! My neighbor said one of his pictures fell off the wall, and mentioned that several people in the subdivision have complained about the music.
I know that the police have tried to catch him, but it seems he's already (conveniently!) gone by the time the police get here. 
It's annoying during the day, but this person is inconsiderate enough to go through the subdivision at midnight with the music wide open.
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yeager
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posted on April 10, 2001 04:39:03 AM new
Hi Bits,
What a novel idea! I think anyone with good financial sense would buy stock in hearing aid manufacurers.
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sugar2912
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posted on April 10, 2001 05:10:22 AM new
This is probably my biggest pet peeve nowadays! My hubby wears hearing aids in both ears from going to too many concerts as a teen. (He lived in Chicago near the Aragon, they had concerts 3 nights a week and he stuck his head in the speakers every dang one of em!) He is only 38. I am a musician and these loud cars interfere with the constant music going off in my head. (Or is that the voices?? )
It doesn't seem to be as rampant now as it was a year ago though, maybe the kids are starting to tire of it now. We actually moved out of our last house in big part because it backed up to a fairly busy road and those damned kids with the boomy stereos would go by at all hours and shake the walls.
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angel4u
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posted on April 10, 2001 05:44:01 AM new
The local newspaper back in '88 or so carried an article about a guy who had turned his car into a rolling stereo.
It was a Mustang hatchback, I think. He had about 8 car batteries wired up to power it. The wattage? 10,400!
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