Let's end the wars in Lybia, Afghanistan, and Iraq right now, and then declare war on something that drives me, and I bet you also, crazy.
Let's declare war on those people who have super high powered stereos in their cars and play music (if you call repetitious drumming or humming music) so loud that everything in a two or three block area vibrates and decibel levels exceed that of jet engines. Let's use our air force and armies to find a way to jam/disable these sound machines. If need be, as a last resort of course, utilize drones with Hellfire missiles. Of course we would warn the occupants to "Get out of the car now, in one minute we will blow it up." Too extreme? I don't know, maybe.....
We, the public, should not have to have hearing exams just because we drive down the road, or live close to a street frequented by these machines. Of course if our police enforced the laws in the city we would not have these cars operating in the neighborhoods or on the streets. But then again, the police are too busy, at least that is what they always tell us. Reality, only takes a few tickets and the publicizing of those tickets to get the message out that Laredo respects it's hearing.
OK, enough said by an old fogey.
It's not the loud music; it's the ridiculously loud bass. Try hanging out downtown, it is out of control. The bass makes everything vibrate including store front windows and it knocks merchandise off the shelves in DT stores. But don't only blame the cops, blame City Council and their outdated ordinances and codes.
ReplyDeleteThe Downtown Merchants have brought this to the attention of Cindy Liendo Espinoza countless times. The cops don't have decibel meters and the noise ordinance concerning decibel levels is way too high. It needs to be lowered to stop the bass nuisance. Cindy has promised to change the ordinance and use discretionary spending to equip DT cops with the decibel meters. Has it happened? Of course not, it is all talk as usual and the problem continues to get worse everyday.
I will say this though, the cops can warn drivers that are causing a nuisance but they typically will not bother. I was stopped for a simple speeding violation recently and the cop wanted to search my car without probable cause. I did not let that happen and I warned him that he was violating my rights. My point is that the cops tend to do whatever they want anyway and trample our rights everyday, maybe they should start trampling the rights of those people who are causing the noise nuisance. They are the ones who deserve to be harassed.
Thanks for the comment bernman....I agree, it is the bass that causes the vibrations. Too bad the idiots who have these contraptions can't hear their own car vibrating the nuts and bolts loose.
ReplyDeleteI agree, city police, city council, somebody fix this ever growing problem...tune in tomorrow, I will talk about it.