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There are city noise ordinances where your car can be ticketed or even impounded for excessively loud music. I don't understand the thought that the daycare has no control over noise violations on their property. It's one thing if the parent is listening to music at a normal level in their car that just happened to be overheard in passing. It's quite a different story to have it blaring and shaking the windows of every car in the parking lot. If you can avoid the music by rolling up the windows to your own car, then yes, roll them up and mind your own business. But if your ears are ringing just by walking your child to and from the door, and the music can be heard loud and clear through rolled up windows, too loud. And the owner of whatever property you are blaring your music on has every right to tell you to turn it down or leave the property. If I owned a daycare, I sure wouldn't want vulgar loud music blaring in my parking lot to scare off prospective and current families. It looks bad for business, and they can and will tell the offender to get lost.
Is the driver the only parent in the car? If so, that parent has to get our to take his kid inside. This would be very annoying to me, but it can't last for more than a few seconds. He drives into the lot, parks, turns car off to go inside. For this to be an ongoing issue, you'd have to arrive at the day care right at the same time as this family on a regular basis. I understand the annoyance and the concern, but I don't think it is a big enough issue to say anything about.
I agree it's inconsiderate, but what would you do if you were at a gas station where someone was blasting music at another pump? Stopped at a red light? Pulling weeds out front when someone drives down the street in a loud car? You'd probably go, "Wow, what a jerk" and get on with your day.
There are city noise ordinances where your car can be ticketed or even impounded for excessively loud music. I don't understand the thought that the daycare has no control over noise violations on their property. It's one thing if the parent is listening to music at a normal level in their car that just happened to be overheard in passing. It's quite a different story to have it blaring and shaking the windows of every car in the parking lot. If you can avoid the music by rolling up the windows to your own car, then yes, roll them up and mind your own business. But if your ears are ringing just by walking your child to and from the door, and the music can be heard loud and clear through rolled up windows, too loud. And the owner of whatever property you are blaring your music on has every right to tell you to turn it down or leave the property. If I owned a daycare, I sure wouldn't want vulgar loud music blaring in my parking lot to scare off prospective and current families. It looks bad for business, and they can and will tell the offender to get lost.
Seriously? In the United States? You're going to need to back up such a wild statement.
Is the driver the only parent in the car? If so, that parent has to get our to take his kid inside. This would be very annoying to me, but it can't last for more than a few seconds. He drives into the lot, parks, turns car off to go inside. For this to be an ongoing issue, you'd have to arrive at the day care right at the same time as this family on a regular basis. I understand the annoyance and the concern, but I don't think it is a big enough issue to say anything about.
Really? The parent must get out? Is that some sort of global pre-school rule? Or is it possible it's what you're familiar with and somehow believe your experience is the benchmark for all schools everywhere?
Really? The parent must get out? Is that some sort of global pre-school rule? Or is it possible it's what you're familiar with and somehow believe your experience is the benchmark for all schools everywhere?
It's preschool, so yes, it's a reasonable assumption. Kids are in carseats. Not sure where you are where 3-4 year olds are getting themselves out of their carseats, hopping out of their cars and going into the building on their own. It's not the elementary school carpool drop off lane.
A $150 fine for a first offense; $300 for a second offense; and $750 for third and subsequent offenses within two years.
That’s what violators of the city’s sound amplification ordinance pay. The fine is in addition to having your vehicle impounded and paying $194 in towing and storage fees to get it back. The ordinance is aimed at those who like to crank up their car stereos.
In 2008, the first full year of the city’s sound amplification ordinance, 305 vehicles were impounded by Rockford police. A third, or 109, of those vehicles were towed and impounded in the month of June that year.
Which is why, if there's a noise ordinance in the city the OP lives, I don't understand why the daycare "can't" do anything about it. The OP herself doesn't have any authority to demand someone turn down their music, and yeah, she could just deal with it and get on with her life. But if a business doesn't want their patrons disturbed, they certainly do have the right to tell people to turn their music down. I would think if parents complained, the daycare would handle it.
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