Boom-Boom music

[draggar]

Again, this. If I keep bothering the police about something that I can eventually tune out, then I could be considered as someone who's bothering the police too much.

Exactly. Eventually, the cops are going to get tired of being called for it. Instead, they'll probably bust *you* for wasting their time.

Take the goofballs that live next door to my parents. Since they moved in, the cops have been called for people parking in front of their house (on a public street), borough workers doing work in the street, or other stupid crap. The last straw came...was when the called the cops over a broken flower in their yard. Supposedly, the woman had 'evidence' that my brother did it. What was the evidence? Nothing more...than a photo of him sitting on the couch in *our* living room. Holy invasion of privacy, Batman In fact, the cop actually told her to knock it off or he'd see to it that she got fined for wasting his time.

It can't be considered that if call is legitemate. Your neighbors are wasting their time because they're calling for BS reasons yet a major noise ordinance violation is a reason to call.

I call the police to my community often due to legitemate reasons (suspicious people, etc.). Yes, most of the time the people are gone before the police get here but they don't consider it a waste of their time (in fact, I'm sure our calls are less stressful than most of their calls).

[protege]

Again, this. If I keep bothering the police about something that I can eventually tune out, then I could be considered as someone who's bothering the police too much.

Exactly. Eventually, the cops are going to get tired of being called for it. Instead, they'll probably bust *you* for wasting their time.

Take the goofballs that live next door to my parents. Since they moved in, the cops have been called for people parking in front of their house (on a public street), borough workers doing work in the street, or other stupid crap. The last straw came...was when the called the cops over a broken flower in their yard. Supposedly, the woman had 'evidence' that my brother did it. What was the evidence? Nothing more...than a photo of him sitting on the couch in *our* living room. Holy invasion of privacy, Batman In fact, the cop actually told her to knock it off or he'd see to it that she got fined for wasting his time.

[Android Kaeli]

Since I have a hearing problem, I usually have the TV or radio/headphones up to a point where I can hear it decently. If I can hear the TV three rooms over, I turn it down to where it won't bother anyone else. If I can hear the TV from that far away that's not "normal", that's loud, even for my "normal".

...but what they do about it may well be to stop responding at all.

Again, this. If I keep bothering the police about something that I can eventually tune out, then I could be considered as someone who's bothering the police too much.

[Teysa]

At the same time, your normal volume probably isn't at the wake the people across a busy street volume. When I can hear someone's stereo over the frikkin train whistle, it's too loud.

[linguist]

Can't you just play the music without forcing others to listen to it? You know, at NORMAL volume.

"normal" is a relative term. due to hearing damage from when i was younger, my normal volume is quite a bit higher than say, my wife's. when we listen to the radio or watch tv at her normal volume, i can hear something, but it's muffled to the point that i can't understand what's being said.

[HYHYBT]

...but what they do about it may well be to stop responding at all.

[draggar]

I never understood the appeal of extremely loud music.

I love my music loud (mostly classic rock) but I also know that there is a time for it and a time NOT for it.

On the highway - it's blasted. During the day, it's loud but not loud enough to register on USGS siesmographs. Yoiu might hear it if you're around my house but that's about it.

At night - I guarantee you will NOT hear it outside my house (outside my office area if my wife is home and trying to sleep).

Unfortunately, the cops in some areas take their good old time in coming. Also, even if they do come, rarely does anything happen--within an hour of them leaving, the "music" goes right back up to where it was.

Then call again and if other people in the neighborhood are having issues with it then have them call too.

Trust me, the police will get tired of coming out there and they will do something about it - eventually.

[Fryk]

If you're able to go into these peoples' houses, might I suggest some conveniently placed magnets?

[powerboy]

This. I don't think that cops around my area are exactly slow in coming, just that it would take more then one person to actually complain about it. And, yes, the music would just go back to it's high level within ten minutes anyways, so it would be pointless to really do anything.

That is how it is in my city.

[Android Kaeli]

Unfortunately, the cops in some areas take their good old time in coming. Also, even if they do come, rarely does anything happen--within an hour of them leaving, the "music" goes right back up to where it was.

This. I don't think that cops around my area are exactly slow in coming, just that it would take more then one person to actually complain about it. And, yes, the music would just go back to it's high level within ten minutes anyways, so it would be pointless to really do anything.

[DrFaroohk]

I hate when it's ALLLLLLLLLLLLL bass. All you hear is this "BVVVVVVVV....BVVVVVV.....BVVVVVVVV.....BVVVVVVVVV ...."

I was riding with a dude once who blasted his music like that, and I finally got so annoyed by it I messed with the EQ until it was back to normal and was able to actually identify what the music was - it was AC/DC!

[protege]

Call the cops and make a noise complaint.

Unfortunately, the cops in some areas take their good old time in coming. Also, even if they do come, rarely does anything happen--within an hour of them leaving, the "music" goes right back up to where it was.

At least in my neighborhood, such antics aren't tolerated. Years ago, we had some idiot across the street who was *constantly* blasting his music at night. As usual, the cops came, he'd turn it down a bit...only to blast it again later. That went on for several weeks, until one of my neighbors (who was rumored to have "connections," if you know what I mean) went over there with a bat, and smashed the hell out of the guy's stereo

[HYHYBT]

I never understood the appeal of extremely loud music. They always play it at 1AM when everyone is trying to sleep. The worst are those who drive by with the music at full blast. Can't you just play the music without forcing others to listen to it? You know, at NORMAL volume. Or would that be too considerate for these idiots?

The point of that particular type of music, though, isn't the sound but the vibration it causes, which only works at obnoxiously high volume.

And the time of 1AM is to make sure the neighbors are all home to "enjoy" it too, I guess

[Fryk]

I may be wrong, but I think I read somewhere that a lot of that music is made specifically to be played at that volume. Which, to me, makes it more obnoxious.

[Teysa]

Are you sure we don't live on the same street? That sounds exactly like some of my neighbors.