Literally the only reason for this.
And of course nothing will be done about shitty white teenagers/20-somethings gunning their engines in their modified vehicles deliberately altered to make that shit audible from literally thousands of feet away.
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New Florida Law Makes Blasting Music in Car A Punishable Offense
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And of course nothing will be done about shitty white teenagers/20-somethings gunning their engines in their modified vehicles deliberately altered to make that shit audible from literally thousands of feet away.
Florida is filled with hard of hearing old people, so I'm sure this will completely devistate the elderly community.
Honestly I wish that was banned too, I fucking hate how loud their engines are. But I'm just cranky waves-fist-at-the-sky Nothing Loud.
Definitely going to be selectively enforced, but damn if I don't hate music so loud I can hear it in my car over my already loud ass music. Like…how have you not already lost your hearing?
Me personally? I feel like if you can hear your neighbors music you can talk to them like a human being about hours it's okay or not, and then just deal with it, or wear ANC headphones to deal with it. Sleep with a white noise machine on. Lots of solutions. But out in public, I can't easily protect myself from a loud ass car and I'm not about to verbally approach the driver.
As for my situation itself, I don't live in Florida and I live in a new townhouse with such good insulation my neighbors and I hear nothing even though I have a 5.1 sound system I blast for music at random times. Not everyone has that of course but even when I lived in a condo where I could hear my neighbors, I just dealt with the noise as part of city life. What was louder than their music was their shitty dog with ear-piercing barks anytime it noticed a shift in movement from any source.
Yeah this law is absolute garbage and will be abused so heavily. It's not just within 25 feet of the car. The law reads:
(a) Plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet or more from the motor vehicle; or
(b) Louder than necessary for the convenient hearing by persons inside the vehicle in areas adjoining churches, schools, or hospitals.
That second clause makes it so they can use discretion when they are near a church school or hospital, which is pretty much the entirety of every urban area. This is going to be bad. I'm bringing this up with my local organizing groups.
(a) Plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet or more from the motor vehicle; or
(b) Louder than necessary for the convenient hearing by persons inside the vehicle in areas adjoining churches, schools, or hospitals.
That second clause makes it so they can use discretion when they are near a church school or hospital, which is pretty much the entirety of every urban area. This is going to be bad. I'm bringing this up with my local organizing groups.
Targeting minorities is the root of the issue. Same with the car window tint bullshit.
I like this but I...
Yeah. This is why we can't have "nice things" in a way. This law should be fine and equitable, but we just know it's going to be used to harass minorities, sadly. Even here in San Antonio it's a fairly even distribution of hearing asshats with their music way too loud (unless I go to a specific part of town with a specific racial makeup), I really only would see minorities being puled over, I'm sure.
Then again, most of the time when I hear it it's a lifted truck blasting country, so maybe I just wouldn't see such a law put into practice.
My thoughts!
Yeah. This is why we can't have "nice things" in a way. This law should be fine and equitable, but we just know it's going to be used to harass minorities, sadly. Even here in San Antonio it's a fairly even distribution of hearing asshats with their music way too loud (unless I go to a specific part of town with a specific racial makeup), I really only would see minorities being puled over, I'm sure.
Then again, most of the time when I hear it it's a lifted truck blasting country, so maybe I just wouldn't see such a law put into practice.
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Expect to see more of this as we get closer to 50 states legalizing weed. They aren't going to give up their easy traffic stops and daily harassment. We've seen the model in cities around the country already - loitering, jaywalking, littering, and bike-riding can all be selectively enforced to keep Black people scared of certain neighborhoods and to keep pulling millions of dollars from the most vulnerable communities.
As much as i dont like music blasted in residential areas this is definitely going to be abused by police.
Don't forget the local Karens who now have another "legitimate" grievance when it comes to calling cops.
I'm against noise pollution, but there's a very high likelihood for laws like these to be abused.
80 year old deaf white lady listening to Barry Manelow on blast while cruising around The Villages? You'll be fine.
19 year old black guy listening to hip hop? The law coming for you, and would like to see inside your vehicle, too.
80 year old deaf white lady listening to Barry Manelow on blast while cruising around The Villages? You'll be fine.
19 year old black guy listening to hip hop? The law coming for you, and would like to see inside your vehicle, too.
Imagine having to enforce this.
I feel like you should be vibrating a whole block to get a fine like this. I look forward to the very balanced application of this law.
I feel like you should be vibrating a whole block to get a fine like this. I look forward to the very balanced application of this law.
We all know cops are gonna abuse this to harass minorities.
Jk, yeah, I'm like this too. My downstairs neighbors constantly play music so loud that it makes my floor vibrate and having misophonia doesn't help. I hate it.
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Jk, yeah, I'm like this too. My downstairs neighbors constantly play music so loud that it makes my floor vibrate and having misophonia doesn't help. I hate it.
I mean, yeah, exactly?
The overwhelming majority of police action this law will see will be explicitly targeted at fucking with minorities. It's literally designed for that purpose. One of many laws that sound good to people reading a headline and putting in zero thought at all, while actually being deeply racist in intent.
So the goal would be, to, you know, NOT give cops even more tools to pull this shit.
Another law that will be used to pull over black men and lock them up. They will use this law as probable cause to pull people over in hopes of busting them on something more serious.
the sub doesnt dictate volume. its the headunit and amp (if the headunit doesnt provide enough power)
You don't even realize you're part of the problem (or maybe you do). This is why I always roll my eyes when people rush into threads to scream "ACAB" like it means anything.
I pretty much never want to other peoples music, but this isn't going to be about cops going hard after Toby Keith fans. Fuck this law
