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I don't know why California doesn't crack down on nuisance noise, especially from obnoxious cars more. It's an easy source of revenue and a quality of life pro

I don't know why California doesn't crack down on nuisance noise, especially from obnoxious cars more. It's an easy source of revenue and a quality of life problem that no one citizen will ever have the influence to have enforced, but many, many would appreciate. It's like some people, for some inexplicable reason, revel in making their cars loud. And we all have to enjoy it at 2am.

VTimofeenko 4y ago
Some cities by the ocean have enacted similar ordnances. I know at least one in my county does enforce this.
- McBeige 4y ago
  Do you know why it's specifically coastal cities?
  - kloch 4y ago
    Beach towns tend to have a main road one or two blocks from the ocean that may run for many miles and connect several beach towns. That can easily become a focal point for rolling "car shows". In North/South Carolina beaches cruising in modified pickups where the front suspension is jacked up and loud mousing blasting is very popular. It's a non-stop car show every night, especially on the weekends. It's entertaining if you are just there for the week but I wouldn't be surprised if the locals hate it.
x3iv130f 4y ago
A lot of it is bad urban design. Traffic calming measures to keep cars slow such as narrow steets and roundabouts can do a lot. It shouldn't be physically possible to travel at highspeed through residential areas.
- gxs 4y ago
  This is not correct. No amount of “traffic” control is going to prevent assholes from revving it in neutral. These people are just bad actors that need to be cited.
  - pjerem 4y ago
    It's not about traffic control, it's about making speed physically impossible. ie with this: https://cdn-s-www.ledauphine.com/images/270CD3E9-B76E-4D41-9B74-A34D1F56293C/NW_detail/title-1578421435.jpg https://cdn-s-www.ledauphine.com/images/270CD3E9-B76E-4D41-9... or that: https://www.selfsignal.fr/app/uploads//2021/03/Coussin-Berlinois-Schema-dimplantation.jpg https://www.selfsignal.fr/app/uploads//2021/03/Coussin-Berli...
    - CapricornNoble 4y ago
      That first one is just a "slalom", an opportunity to test your car's aftermarket suspension (because OF COURSE you have coilovers and sway bars). The second one is an opportunity to test your 60-0-60 brake distances (monoblock caliper upgrade) and acceleration (tire grip from crazy-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cups). Never underestimate the willingness of gearheads to overcome challenges. If people want to drive fast, they will.
- 2-718-281-828 4y ago
  the noise is mostly from cars driving intentionally slow in a very low gear or doing pointless short distance accelerations in low gear.
  - zip1234 4y ago
    Just a normal car makes an immense amount of noise. Especially at speed--tire noise.
wraptile 4y ago
Fortunately, loud vehicles are getting out of fashion (from what I've noticed at least). Especially when people realize that the noise is completely faked and there's nothing "natural mechanical sound" about it.
- tekknik 4y ago
  > Especially when people realize that the noise is completely faked and there's nothing "natural mechanical sound" about it. Please explain. The noise is most definitely not fake.
  - wraptile 4y ago
    It is most definitely faked, as in purposefully engineered. There's a whole industry for this and every vehicle manufacturer has a team of sound designers working on designing sound for every vehicle model. In my particular area teenagers were known to modify their shitty 100cc motorbikes to sound like 1000cc bikes quite successfully. Often you see people turn around to see who brought a harley on the streets just to see two kids rolling in at 40km/hour lol
daniel-cussen 4y ago
Reason is sadism, they like attention first off, and they like molesting passerby with their machine, and they like telling themselves they're superior for making all this noise. And to vindicate, when public speaking a microphone with speakers does feel cool. So there's some innate human trait.

VTimofeenko 4y ago

Some cities by the ocean have enacted similar ordnances. I know at least one in my county does enforce this.

McBeige 4y ago
Do you know why it's specifically coastal cities?
- kloch 4y ago
  Beach towns tend to have a main road one or two blocks from the ocean that may run for many miles and connect several beach towns. That can easily become a focal point for rolling "car shows". In North/South Carolina beaches cruising in modified pickups where the front suspension is jacked up and loud mousing blasting is very popular. It's a non-stop car show every night, especially on the weekends. It's entertaining if you are just there for the week but I wouldn't be surprised if the locals hate it.

x3iv130f 4y ago

A lot of it is bad urban design. Traffic calming measures to keep cars slow such as narrow steets and roundabouts can do a lot. It shouldn't be physically possible to travel at highspeed through residential areas.

gxs 4y ago
This is not correct. No amount of “traffic” control is going to prevent assholes from revving it in neutral. These people are just bad actors that need to be cited.
- pjerem 4y ago
  It's not about traffic control, it's about making speed physically impossible. ie with this: https://cdn-s-www.ledauphine.com/images/270CD3E9-B76E-4D41-9B74-A34D1F56293C/NW_detail/title-1578421435.jpg https://cdn-s-www.ledauphine.com/images/270CD3E9-B76E-4D41-9... or that: https://www.selfsignal.fr/app/uploads//2021/03/Coussin-Berlinois-Schema-dimplantation.jpg https://www.selfsignal.fr/app/uploads//2021/03/Coussin-Berli...
  - CapricornNoble 4y ago
    That first one is just a "slalom", an opportunity to test your car's aftermarket suspension (because OF COURSE you have coilovers and sway bars). The second one is an opportunity to test your 60-0-60 brake distances (monoblock caliper upgrade) and acceleration (tire grip from crazy-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cups). Never underestimate the willingness of gearheads to overcome challenges. If people want to drive fast, they will.
2-718-281-828 4y ago
the noise is mostly from cars driving intentionally slow in a very low gear or doing pointless short distance accelerations in low gear.
- zip1234 4y ago
  Just a normal car makes an immense amount of noise. Especially at speed--tire noise.

wraptile 4y ago

Fortunately, loud vehicles are getting out of fashion (from what I've noticed at least). Especially when people realize that the noise is completely faked and there's nothing "natural mechanical sound" about it.

tekknik 4y ago
> Especially when people realize that the noise is completely faked and there's nothing "natural mechanical sound" about it. Please explain. The noise is most definitely not fake.
- wraptile 4y ago
  It is most definitely faked, as in purposefully engineered. There's a whole industry for this and every vehicle manufacturer has a team of sound designers working on designing sound for every vehicle model. In my particular area teenagers were known to modify their shitty 100cc motorbikes to sound like 1000cc bikes quite successfully. Often you see people turn around to see who brought a harley on the streets just to see two kids rolling in at 40km/hour lol

daniel-cussen 4y ago

Reason is sadism, they like attention first off, and they like molesting passerby with their machine, and they like telling themselves they're superior for making all this noise. And to vindicate, when public speaking a microphone with speakers does feel cool. So there's some innate human trait.