Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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23 August 2009
17:1627843#1
Am I the only one who is sick to death of car stereos thumping out at all hours of the day and night?
Surely the Police should be pulling these people up for driving without due care and attention? I mean how can you have your full attention on the road when you cannot hear anything around you?
Also who really needs a stereo that powerful in a car, so why are they even on sale?
Ought they to be banned?
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23 August 2009
19:0927847#2
Agreed, after a certain time the volume should be adjusted. Certain music, though, needs a bit of thought: ban the dance crap, but please allow me to play my opera, U2, Howlin Wolf etc etc at the right volume...............
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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23 August 2009
19:1627852#3
Yes sometmes they are very loud
they will be deaf before they are 40
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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24 August 2009
06:0627877#4
And when they have the bass on full, you feel them coming along the road as much as hear them.
As you say Ross, they can't concentrate properly with that sound inside their head.
They may of course be doped up, which is becoming a very serious problem.
A very difficult thing to fine/prosecute people for though I'd have thought, unless the Police have decibel meters in their cars.
Roger
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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24 August 2009
06:3227879#5
The police don't bother about over loud motorbikes so why should thjey bother about car stereos?
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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24 August 2009
08:3727903#6
One of the NON 'joys of summer' is listening to the thumping stereos down here on the seafront. Yoofs come along, park up, open their doors as its hot, and blast away to such a deafening volume that the things in ones flat vibrate. Their mates come along in their cars and do the same thing...so an impromptu rock concert follows, the pests remain on the spot for ages too, they dont just drive idly by. These flats produce a sound cauldron anyway so the effect is very strong. Im afraid though in the realms of the misdemeanour this comes a long way down the scale in terms of police action. Never have I seen anyone asked to stop by the long arm of the law.
24 August 2009
09:2227906#7
It is a pain when it intrudes so. There are a few "sound cauldrons" in Dover, the acoustics are unique, I think. Our house is in the middle of a sound vortex!!
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24 August 2009
12:1727911#8
Sorry Bern can you speak up I can't hear you.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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24 August 2009
16:2127913#9
can you speak up,cant hear you at the back.
24 August 2009
17:3827921#10
Eh?
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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24 August 2009
18:4627923#11
They probably already deafened themselves so have to have it that loud
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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24 August 2009
19:2627930#12
eh wot?
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
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24 August 2009
20:3427931#13
Terry you are right they don't, however, enforcing a 20mph speed limit on all roads in town would go a long way to reducing that particular noise nuisance.
Seriously, though why are such powerful car stereos on sale? couldn't they be restricted?
It is the same with the stereo in your home, honestly who needs more than 25W RMS anyway in a flat or house?
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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25 August 2009
05:4627935#14
Isn't that a bit like saying that cars shouldn't be able to go faster than 70 miles an hour because that's the speed limit and anything over that is deemed dangerous ? Anything over certain decibels could also be deemed dangerous - for the people hearing it and those playing it that loud.
It should be up to us to be considerate (on many issues) and some people are, but many are not.
Roger
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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25 August 2009
07:1927946#15
ROGER
Yes you are PARTLY correct, but its how you get those that won't conform,
they are the ones who need sorting
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25 August 2009
07:3927951#16
Roger the esteemed programme Top Gear not only poopoohs 70mph but encourages people to drive much faster by glorifying speed. This I imagine is the same principle that applies to stereo...mine is bigger than yours( and louder!)
That programme rubbishes the humble Morris Minor churning out its 70mph and their whole approach is macho power based. No doubt they cover the stereo system too in their programmes. People with these stereos are not actually listening to the music but are glorifying in the little bit of half baked attention they get as they pass by.
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25 August 2009
07:4327952#17
Paulb
Its not attention they get, its peoples annoyance!!!!! wonder why they have to do it?? sometimes its a macho thing.
like the male who walks down the road with rockwieler on a lead
he think he looks hard
me i think he looks stupid.
but there you go suppose its all choice
but when it interferres with others thats a diffrent matter
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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25 August 2009
08:1027957#18
I have to agree with Ross about these, are we getting old?
They must be a distraction to a driver as well as a pain in the neck for the rest of us.
Not keen on new legislation over it though as I suspect that the police might have enough powers now with existing laws to clamp down on individuals.
Now, now PaulB - dont have a go at my favourite tv programme, its great entertainment....
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
25 August 2009
11:0527969#19
i think that barry is right on this, there are existing laws to deal with this nuisance.
the will is not there to enforce a clamp down.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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25 August 2009
11:0827971#20
Ia have mentioned 3 times, what should be high priority?
A rape, murder, or a car stereo