<VV> noise (no Corvair)

Ron ronh@owt.com
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:49:30 -0800


That's OK with me.
RonH

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> It was interesting to read Scott's list of what various states are doing 
> to
> get older vehicles off the road. While as far as I know Florida has no 
> such
> actions pending I did attend a preliminary meeting last night with a 
> grassroots
> group calling themselves Noise Free America. Their target(s) are the boom 
> cars
> you hear nearly everywhere these days.The leader is a 65 year old lady who 
> is
> physically sickened by the decibel limit on this noise. She sued and won a
> case here in town (St. Petersburg,Fla) against a kid in her neighborhood 
> who did
> it each and every day. The court ruled in her favor and he was ordered to
> remove all the stereo equipment in his car, return it to the store, donate 
> any
> refund to a charity, and give 100 hours of commmunity work.
>   The city recently gave her neighborhood association a grant for anti 
> noise
> street signs. First fine-$50.00, 2nd fine-$200.00, 3rd fine-$500.00, 4th 
> time
> confication of the vehicle.
>    She is going nation wide with this.
>     Ed in Fla
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