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To be sick to death of noisy cars

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Dappy777 · 31/01/2025 22:58

Is anyone else sick of these idiots who drive round in noisy, souped up cars? The engines make a screeching, high-pitched sound, and they do something to the exhaust so it bangs and explodes. One of them accelerated past me and my five year old niece today and the sound was so awful she burst into tears. I can hear them right now, even though the windows are closed. They also wake me up at night.

People round here have been complaining about this for ages. In fact, there are complaints on social media dating back over ten years. But the police just do NOTHING. No one expects the police to arrest every one of them, but if they’d only pull over one or two and fine them, news would soon spread on the idiot grapevine. Life in this village gets worse and worse every year - more and more houses, more and more traffic, and more and more noise.

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Newyearsametroubles · 31/01/2025 23:37

When I am King (ha!) I will pass a law that sets the fine for anyone caught driving a too-loud car at £10 per possible person inconvenienced on the journey they were caught on. In a town, in most cases, the fine would cost more than the price of the car. Should stop the problem pretty quickly!!

i DETEST them too. So entitled…

maddening · 31/01/2025 23:32

Idisagreewithu · 31/01/2025 23:27

That's where the majority of these twats are!

They were all on holiday that weekend 🤣 this was all v central London though

Idisagreewithu · 31/01/2025 23:27

maddening · 31/01/2025 23:11

We recently went to London for the weekend and with a majority of the vehicles being electric it was amazing how quiet the city was - quite surreal!

Yanbu - should be illegal

That's where the majority of these twats are!

DdraigGoch · 31/01/2025 23:17

I'd love it to be an MoT condition that the car must still comply with whatever noise regulations were in place when it was manufactured. There aren't enough traffic officers to enforce things on the road.

Even away from stupid exhausts, cars are still too loud and it's affecting our health:

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maddening · 31/01/2025 23:11

We recently went to London for the weekend and with a majority of the vehicles being electric it was amazing how quiet the city was - quite surreal!

Yanbu - should be illegal

Deljay · 31/01/2025 23:10

I hate all people that do this. I hate their stupid bikes and their awful noise. It's so aggressive - the people that do it are just saying fuck you to the entire world. It makes me so angry. It spoils my life so much.

There's a man who rides past my house every day and it's so loud people can hear it on my work calls.

Cupcakerat · 31/01/2025 23:08

They’re stupid and I used to get insanely angry when they would frighten my dc

crackofdoom · 31/01/2025 23:06

I'm autistic and I hate hate hate them. To me it's an act of naked aggression- they might as well be coming up and slapping me round the head. I have no idea why it's tolerated. I can't wait until we have transitioned to all electric vehicles so we're free of this.

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