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To be sick to death of noisy cars

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Dappy777 · 03/12/2025 22:15

WHY don't the police do anything about this? I'm f-ing sick of it😡. Every year the problem gets worse. I'm sitting here unable to concentrate because some idiot is racing around in a souped up car.

I don't know what they do, but their cars screech when they accelerate and then make a banging/exploding sound when they slow down – like someone has let off fireworks. They wake me up at night, and they disturb me when I'm trying to read or watch TV. It's really affecting my life. No one expects the police to catch every single one, but if they'd just fine a few, word would get around. These horrible, ignorant, vile, selfish little bas*ards are basically bullies. They know they upset people, and like all bullies their behaviour will just escalate until someone stops them.

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beeautifullif3 · 05/12/2025 15:58

🤣🤣🤣🤣fuck me what a bunch of miserable old women lol forgive me I forgot sense of humour isn't a thing these days lol

JohnofWessex · 05/12/2025 15:55

How about this instead of a camera?

To be sick to death of noisy cars
LilacReader · 05/12/2025 14:53

HelenaWaiting · 04/12/2025 02:31

Your neighbours probably just aren't telling you what they really think of you.

So true - you have to live with your neighbours for a very long time and it's difficult to say anything when you have a problem as you don't want to start a war. Neighbours 'probably' hate the noise but if someone is the kind of neighbour that doesn't give a fcuk about noise for others, then they are not going to be the type of people that you want to approach!!

HostaCentral · 05/12/2025 10:42

I agree.... To a point. We are in an area which attracts very expensive supercars and classics due to our interesting roads. They are often loud, but the right kind of loud. I know that sounds ridiculous, but if they are expensive rather than modified hatchbacks, it's an entirely different sound. In modern high-performance cars you can also turn off the "loud" button in built up areas.

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/12/2025 10:33

roseymoira · 04/12/2025 23:22

What kind of people have raised these morons?

More senior morons?

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/12/2025 10:32

Somersetbaker · 04/12/2025 12:59

Because they've got very small cocks and think people will be impressed by a Corsa making fart noises.

Yes, probably 🤣

Hamstery · 05/12/2025 10:15

That’s a horrible comment. Could you explain what any of this has to do with disabled people?

Locutus2000 · 05/12/2025 09:16

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DrFoxtrot · 05/12/2025 09:07

beeautifullif3 · 03/12/2025 23:08

Gosh im lucky to have good neighbours lol my car gets attention wherever I go 🤣 43 , female , 5 kids , stage 2 map and just had a new exhaust and screamer pipe fitted 🤣🤣

Gemma, is that you?

Your neighbours hate it.

Wallichiana · 05/12/2025 08:35

PinkElephants356 · 04/12/2025 06:36

Amazing - only 170 signatures so far gonna share it though

Hamstery · 05/12/2025 06:47

hattie43 · 04/12/2025 20:46

I’ve never understood why neighbours don’t get together and sort this . I cannot imagine being woken up every morning and just tolerate it.

This can’t be left up to the neighbours though otherwise it would have already been sorted. Because firstly you’d have to be very local to know who drives what and secondly if they’re that obnoxious and deliberately anti social to upset people they will likely be scary neighbours in other ways too. I bet their neighbours often loathe them but feel that they can’t say anything. 😔

DeftGoldHedgehog · 05/12/2025 06:39

Ours is almost silent which can present another issue.

Toooldtocare25 · 05/12/2025 06:38

I just don’t get it. It sounds awful and every time I see/hear one I just think TWAT.

roseymoira · 04/12/2025 23:22

What kind of people have raised these morons?

TalulahJP · 04/12/2025 23:03

Both petitions signed thanks.

My friends car has been remapped twice and makes no more noise than a regular one the same.

There’s always some fanny that wants to just be as loud as fuck for no apparent reason. I mean whats the actual point?! Utter waste of money.

FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren · 04/12/2025 21:50

Current car has a nice throaty exhaust which is louder than the average, gets louder in Sport. Last car too had a good exhaust, I like it though appreciate not everyone does.
It's not a remapped car and doesn't 'pop and bang' though.

TaterTots68 · 04/12/2025 21:45

blankcanvas3 · 04/12/2025 20:56

My car is a V8 but I’m so conscious that it is louder than a lot of other cars so I don’t start it very early or very late. It doesn’t pop or bang (intentionally) though 😬. Cannot stand people who intentionally modify their cars to do this. It’s embarrassing more than anything

BIL is in his 40s and has a convertible BMW that pops and bangs. He videos himself driving it through tunnels thinking he's really cool. I would imagine most people would disagree 🙈

TaterTots68 · 04/12/2025 21:44

YANBU. I have noticed an increase in extremely loud cars (backfiring, loud revving, wheelspinning etc) in the past year or so. There's also been an increase in night time crashes on certain roads (40mph limit but no cameras). I thought it was just here, but maybe not. We call it Small Willy Syndrome

blankcanvas3 · 04/12/2025 20:56

My car is a V8 but I’m so conscious that it is louder than a lot of other cars so I don’t start it very early or very late. It doesn’t pop or bang (intentionally) though 😬. Cannot stand people who intentionally modify their cars to do this. It’s embarrassing more than anything

hattie43 · 04/12/2025 20:46

I’ve never understood why neighbours don’t get together and sort this . I cannot imagine being woken up every morning and just tolerate it.

CalzoneOnLegs · 04/12/2025 20:45

I hate that uneven firing Harley Davidson racket too

JohnofWessex · 04/12/2025 20:43

Why dont we have a meeting of the customers of Angry Mob Supplies outside the owners house at 8am on a Saturday?

JJWT · 04/12/2025 20:31

Scatter a bag of nails in your road

JohnofWessex · 04/12/2025 19:54

Now if you want proper power I have driven one of the worlds fastest trains but the real skill wasnt put in by me, it was the fireman who made sure the safetys were a few pounds off lifting at the point where the Korovnik gave us the 'Right Away'

In the same way when the 8MG32's (military derived two stroke Sulzer diesels) were started on the MV's Brading and Southsea all you heard was a gentle purr, but if the old man was heavy on the controls when you were manoeuvring you ended up with a huge hole in the water by the propellers

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