City Of Sarasota Loud Car Stereo Ordinance (Miami, Bonita Springs: motorhome, neighborhood)

[Earthwriter]

This is in reference to an older thread that can't be edited, we just wanted to share with everyone the Police information (http://www.sarasotagov.com/Police/LMO_PAGE.htm - broken link) page and and a news interview with the Police Chief concerning the city's new impound ordinance. On the Police website there is a great sponsored PSA Ad that really hits home, have you seen it on your local television station yet?

[justNancy]

I love it! (Wish I could afford Sarasota.) Should I assume this is only in Sarasota and not Sarasota County?

The reason I'm asking is that I lived in Lee County for 15 years and on Sanibel, the police were very responsive to noise disturbance complaints. However, the Lee County Sheriff's department did nothing when I lived in Bonita Springs.

[Earthwriter]

Yes it's great, to answer your question to the best of our knowledge it's only in the City Of Sarasota, so far we have yet to find one county in the entire U.S. that has enacted a similar ordinance you can find links on Noise Free America on the issue and where the laws are Noise Free America - Boom Cars
Interesting you should mention Sanibel and Lee County, back in 2003 before we ran away from S. Florida due to drug users and boom cars being rampant, for almost 9 hellish months we lived in unincorporated Lee County near FT. Myers Beach on the southern part of the county, it was a nightmare, day and night boom cars on Mcgregor Blvd. But as soon as we crossed the bridge into Sanibel nary a boom. We lived about 500 feet away in a Mobile home, we complained, (wife even cried)to the Lee County S.O. and they did little to nothing about the problem. We finally had enough and filled up a Uhaul trailer and our motorhome and went down to the keys, only to find the problem was just as bad down there! Don't you think those of us who have been forced to live and move because of this scourge, (this video says it so well)should have some kind of legal recourse and be entitled to some kind of compensation by these negligent counties? How is it that a state can pass a 25 foot law that is statewide, and enforcement to protect the public health and safety is no where to be found? True story I once spoke with a Miami Dade Officer who told me that
he and his partner were one day boomed from a vehicle several car lengths so badly that they couldn't here their radio calls, he went up to the driver and told him "Turn your stereo down or I will arrest you for interfering with law enforcement" True story! We need more no bull cops like that in America!

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Thanx for the video...you may be referring to a similar thread that I started. I may be wrong???????

[geekygisela]

Interesting video... I'll remember to turn my music down when driving through!

I don't think I'll be an issue though, I have an idea what it is intended for. Mostly people with big boxes in their trunk playing more bass than actual volume.

[justNancy]

Originally Posted by Earthwriter

for almost 9 hellish months we lived in unincorporated Lee County near FT. Myers Beach on the southern part of the county, it was a nightmare, day and night

I like to turn up the volume when a song like Freebird comes on the radio, but I can't imagine sitting in a car in which the music is so loud it disturbs other people.

The noise problem that has been the worst nightmare for me has been barking dogs. I love animals and hate it when people tie them up in the yard 24/7 (why get a pet?) However, I go clear out of my mind when I'm continually awoken in the middle of the night by barking. I finally packed up and moved to a temporary rental. After selling my stuff and packing my car, I saw a UHaul in my neighbor's driveway. They were evicted! Talk about bad timing. That's why I should probably stop buying lottery tickets.

Sorry you had the problem in FMB. Last time I was there, I was trying to have a conversation while enjoying an ice cream cone, but the deafening noise of motorcycles revving up almost perforated my eardrums.

[Sunshine9]

Originally Posted by justNancy

I like to turn up the volume when a song like Freebird comes on the radio, but I can't imagine sitting in a car in which the music is so loud it disturbs other people.

The noise problem that has been the worst nightmare for me has been barking dogs. I love animals and hate it when people tie them up in the yard 24/7 (why get a pet?) However, I go clear out of my mind when I'm continually awoken in the middle of the night by barking. I finally packed up and moved to a temporary rental. After selling my stuff and packing my car, I saw a UHaul in my neighbor's driveway. They were evicted! Talk about bad timing. That's why I should probably stop buying lottery tickets.

Sorry you had the problem in FMB. Last time I was there, I was trying to have a conversation while enjoying an ice cream cone, but the deafening noise of motorcycles revving up almost perforated my eardrums.

We had a lot of problems with barking dogs in Georgia quite a while back. We purchased a white noise machine and use it at night, even take it on vacation with us. It's pretty good at blocking out most noise.

[gypsychic]

I am so lucky - I too hate barking dogs, our neighborhood is FILLED with dogs but they all seem to be well-behaved - I rarely hear any on-going barking.

And even though we are technically in Southern Manatee county (with a Sarasota address) we don't have problems with the boom boxes either. We live right by the airport and 41 and really very few noise issues at all! Thank goodness!

[Earthwriter]

Actually I think we started it some months ago

[Earthwriter]

That's exactly right, it's a 125 foot law that mostly concerns Pile Driving systems that are completely obscene!