so i was driving in a busy street with alot of stores etc. at around 5pm in my rx8 with my windows 95% up in the rain, playing music and next thing i know a cop stops me and issues me a summons for playing my music to LOUD? now all i have is 1 10" sub, how could he hear music from my car with the windows up from 1 block away as he said??im thinking it couldve been someone elses car and not mines.how could i get out of this ticket?

thats gonna be tough to fight

I've had those tickets before
I think they are 135 for amplified music

He probably heard the ghetto rattle!

;)

You know... when your rear license plate frame is vibrating from the excessive bass!

But seriously most states and municipalities have laws on the books that say if your music can be heard from OUTSIDE the car whether the windows are up or down then it is a violation of the excessive noise laws. You can get the same ticket for having loud muffllers too.

this was at 5pm? shouldn't it be fine unless it's after noise cerfew (if there is one)?

sounds like a shitty situation to me.

All municipalities that have noise ordinances have standards.
Ask to see the A-weighted SPL measurement that the officer used to cite you.
I doubt he even had an SPL meter.
The fact is, even a really loud stereo will only produce 60 DB or so from 8 to 10 feet away with the windows up. That is just physics.
A conversation at a comfortable volume is louder than that.

Good luck

Originally posted by Rotary Nut
He probably heard the ghetto rattle!

;)

You know... when your rear license plate frame is vibrating from the excessive bass!

But seriously most states and municipalities have laws on the books that say if your music can be heard from OUTSIDE the car whether the windows are up or down then it is a violation of the excessive noise laws. You can get the same ticket for having loud muffllers too.

there is no rattle,more like a vibrating noise..non the less.whats the cheapest way to get rid of the vibration?

im never bothered when i hear a loud car passing by,its a useless law i say get rid of it!

Originally posted by demonfire
this was at 5pm? shouldn't it be fine unless it's after noise cerfew (if there is one)?

sounds like a shitty situation to me.

it was between 5-6pm ive always thought it was after 9pm or somthing like that when this stupid law took effect..i need to look into it.

Originally posted by Maniac
All municipalities that have noise ordinances have standards.
Ask to see the A-weighted SPL measurement that the officer used to cite you.
I doubt he even had an SPL meter.
The fact is, even a really loud stereo will only produce 60 DB or so from 8 to 10 feet away with the windows up. That is just physics.
A conversation at a comfortable volume is louder than that.

i tested it myself to see how loud it was..i rolled up the windows put the volume to 15 as it was when i got the ticket and i could hear audio down the street but hardly,definately not 60 db and the bass isnt booming like 2 12's.
maybe i can use that against him in court..

Originally posted by 8_wannabe
Good luck

thanks

The time it happened doesn't matter .

To get rid of the rattle try dynomat installation

Man, I can hear those sub-woofers in my apartment, three flights up, with the windows closed. Oh, I can believe that he could hear it.

Originally posted by mikeb
The time it happened doesn't matter .

To get rid of the rattle try dynomat installation

well it should.

i said the cheapest, not most expensive way to get rid of the rattle!

Originally posted by Haze
Man, I can hear those sub-woofers in my apartment, three flights up, with the windows closed. Oh, I can believe that he could hear it.

i only have 1 woofer..

Sorry, but I only like listening to music when I have a choice of listening to it or not, OR, I like the music that I am being forced to listen to. If you're one of "those" who don't play my kind of music - and you play it loudly, too bad. If not, too bad the other way too bad. :D See? I have a choice too. I wish I could rip out some tickets like that once in a while. I just love those "WTF you lookin' at" expressions - head bobbing front-to-back when I look over at the guy too. Just gives me a real warm feeling all over, ya know? You're not one of those. That's why there's a law though.

Originally posted by complex
well it should.

i said the cheapest, not most expensive way to get rid of the rattle!

dynomatt is cheap

you can get a sheet for like 20 bucks