Detroit´s 10 Foot Noise Ban

[The_Ancient]

Noise Ordinance Gets Passed by Detroit´s City Council
July 15, 2004 -- The Detroit City Council passed an amendment to the city's noise ordinance last Wednesday, penalizing drivers whose music can be heard 10 feet or more from their vehicles, according to the Detroit Free Press.

The penalty carries a $100 fine for the first offense, $200 for the second and up to $300 and a possible 90 days in jail for subsequent offenses. Previously, there was no distance requirement in the ordinance and the fine for a general noise violation was $500 and a maximum 90 days in jail.

Councilwoman Barbara-Rose Collins sponsored the ordinance change. The new ordinance will be effective as soon as Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs the proposal.

[joelsbass]

dude... you can hear a frickin whisper from 10 feet away... that is ****ing rediculous....

[The_Ancient]

Originally posted by joelsbass@Nov 15 2004, 03:51 PM
dude... you can hear a frickin whisper from 10 feet away... that is ****ing rediculous....

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Like I was telling my dad over the weekend,


"welcome to america, Home of the Free to work and pay taxes, nothing more"

[The_spacemonkey]

Gotta love it huh? Kwame is a numero uno ****tard. Eh, luckily Im not a boomer.

[hobbes26]

Even with stock systems, that's possible....

[joelsbass]

hell it's possible with one low end tweeter playing off of one channel on the headunit!!!!!!!

[PolkMM]

why the hell does it not apply to lawn mowers? or exhausts? classic case of discrimination if you ask me
-Cody

[RickRS]

I would imagine the reg. would have to be more detailed. How many dBA SPL at 10 feet?

Would it even stand up to a court challenge?

[The_Ancient]

Originally posted by RickRS@Dec 17 2004, 09:03 AM
I would imagine the reg. would have to be more detailed. How many dBA SPL at 10 feet?

Would it even stand up to a court challenge?

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were talk about Traffic Law == AKA Tax the public with out a "tax"

they dont need nor want dBA level becuase then they would need to spend money to collect the tax errr fine

as far as a Court Battle, there is nothing "illegal" about the law the only way a judge can overturn a law is if it is unconsitiutional, this has nothing to do with consistutional law, and it would NEVER get to that stage, people would give up long long long before it got to a state supreme court.....

Hell that would be like 15 or sooo trials since more traffic offenses dont even see a real "judge" but a magerstrate the first time and sometimes even the 2nd time IF a appeal is granted

[focused313]

this 100% pure garbage if you ask me. With all things though, it is based on how "Detroit's Finest" are feeling that day. As a young black male citizen of Detroit, I can say that for the most part, I haven't been harassed or anything while in the city limits, especially over music. In which I can realistically say, 6/10 males under 30 have a system of atleast 600w (that's what the amps say, lol) in the hood. So if the cops are chillin', you should be ok. All I can do is thank God that I could afford a head unit with an Mute and Pause button on the remote.

City Council is old, they get complains about me (lol) driving down West Grand Blvd blastin' "Hey We Want Some P****y", so they pass laws. But 10 ft.? Come on now. I can hear the crack heads up the block at 2am, and that's about 30 yards. So many other things are much more imporant and down right essential to our cities survival to concentrate on the dlb of music. HARLEY'S SHOULD BE BANNED EVERYWHERE THEN!!!!