Disable Car Stereos?? Thread

My dumb ass neighbors blast their fuckin rap music all the time, Fridays-Mondays 5pm to 2am. They've been asked by other people that live near by (including myself) to please keep the bass and volume low, especially after 10pm when a noise ordinance is in order. But every week they are outside with their car doors open, pumping tons of unwanted crappy music into the air at unreasonably loud volumes. And the police seem not to care, since they just give them a warning every time.

So my question is: Does anyone know of a product or way so that I can just turn off or change the volume on car stereos from a distance?

Since the police don't care, and my neighbors are too lazy, I guess I'm the only person around trying to solve this issue. Hopefully somebody out there has a solution.

Edited by: Vcc2cc

you could try a brick...

rocket launcher? EMP bomb? hmm maybe a bit to large scale xD
you could always videotape them as soon as the noise ordinance goes into effect and sue them. Its rather sneaky but i think that could work
otherwise. just annoy the police more, maybe they will just arrest them because they are tired of seeing you xD
but i know how you feel, kinda, in the summer when its nice to sit outside, our neighbors decide its a good time to start tuning/fixing their bikes for like all day long every day >_> police won't help either :s

This seems illegal

but hypothetically ... I dunno ... you could ...
1) Pull the radio fuse from the fusebox thus disabling it temporarily?
2) String a wire from the amp input to the output thus shorting his amp and possibly blow out his speakers?
3) Cut the red wire on the back of his stereo thus cutting power to it?
4) Wire some rocket igniters in series with the speakers and place them in the speaker cone so the speakers "spontaneously" catch fire when he turns up the volume? (unfortunately im not sure parallel would work due to the low
resistance of speakers ... although it might work though considering the oscillatory voltage ... more current should bypass
the speaker on high tones ... anyone here with a bit of electrical
engineering experience? lol)

call the sherif?

SaxonSwine wrote: ... Apparently theres some audio frequency that will destroy a speaker, try looking into that too.

*wonders how a person would broadcast such a sound*

with broken speakers of course

Vcc2cc wrote: My dumb ass neighbors blast their fuckin rap music all the time, Fridays-Mondays 5pm to 2am. They've been asked by other people that live near by (including myself) to please keep the bass and volume low, especially after 10pm when a noise ordinance is in order. But every week they are outside with their car doors open, pumping tons of unwanted crappy music into the air at unreasonably loud volumes. And the police seem not to care, since they just give them a warning every time.

So my question is: Does anyone know of a product or way so that I can just turn off or change the volume on car stereos from a distance?

Since the police don't care, and my neighbors are too lazy, I guess I'm the only person around trying to solve this issue. Hopefully somebody out there has a solution.

On a more serious note, video tape them doing this every night for one month straight. also get footage of you asking them to keep it down and see how they respond.

Get their information and take them to court. If they harass you or do not comply, get their tag plate numbers and use that instead.

I guess you could go that route ... not as amusingly confrontational as the suggestions i didn't suggest >_> <_< >_> ...

Hmm, you could also go to a psychologist - to ask him to give an expertise that very loud music and very loud sounds causes brain damage or something.

If you'd follow the above advice of others (at least reasonable ones ;-P), plus this (if it'd work), you could have a successful lawsuit.

A disturbance appearing as simple won't help you in court - but ask a professional about this, and let him give a proof that such loud music can cause serious damage - and they will take you more seriously.

Hendrix wrote: you could try a brick...

Man, I envy your style and uncanny problem solving skills.

<- vide vendette in America, and Italy... destroy his item, he will yours, and then you start with a body damage... then relatives engage... and so on and on... good luck...

The trick is not to be caught in the act.

Hmm... maybe then it could work. ;-) But again, he could buy better speakers... and the situation could be even more screwed than before... ;-P

The Americans sue far too much and look where that got them. VANDALISM IS THE WAY! D:

Handgun_Hero wrote: The Americans sue far too much and look where that got them. VANDALISM IS THE WAY! D:

Yea ... i miss vigilante justice in the form of vandalism ... unfortunately you can get sued for that ...

Not sure he could gain access to the car though :/ ...

He may just have to settle with shorting the car or something to drain the battery (but then again a short can be super hard to find if you do it right )

Sounds like a classic Trailer Park situation to me.

It has to be a direct confrontation and involvement involving our " infallible, for the people " legal system. No matter what you do, it'll be fairly obvious who's messed with their shit. You should try what Korge said, gather a few of your like-minded neighbors and start making law enforcement do their damn job. Use the chain of command if local cops won,t act on your complaints, go to the chief, then file one with city council, then the mayor. They'll get sick of seeing you real fast - especially if your a group ! It might be less work than you think and how much is your piece of mind worth ?
As an American, you have a constitutional right to make your local govt. body miserable as hell when they fail to act on stupid shit like this by forcing them to act, one way or another. Who knows, you might have fun !

All else fails the local media love stories of govt. ineptitude at any level. Nothing gets swifter action than bad press !

SaxonSwine wrote: My god, do you have any idea how much the testimony of a Psychologist would cost?!
The police wouldn't even listen to what the Psychologist had to say unless they were legally compelled to do so.

Clearly subversive methods are the only way to deal with such anti-social people. Rotting fish, rotten eggs and rotting cabbages are the best thing IMHO.

Hahaha.

Yup, it'd cost. But a good lawsuit would bring all the costs on the very people who started all this by their loud improvised parties. ;-)

@jjawinte: brilliant. But first, you gonna need *proper* friends, and a good deal of them. ;-D Media is also a good means. Hmm, dunno if their faces can be shown to the public (in America)? That would do them good.

Edited by: feillyne

Proper friends you say ? Go buy a few rounds at the local VFW, listen to a few war stories , laugh at a few off-color jokes. These local Veterans groups can tell you exactly who to see and what to say if they feel your cause is just. When treated with properly due respect, these old war-horses are a huge asset ! They know local Government and how to work it. An extensive network of very knowledgeable and often overlooked group of " quiet lions ". I visit often for a beer, story and a joke...

The videos would only need be used broker leverage against being dismissed out of hand at a meeting with said local officials, not aired.

Ah yes, airing isn't so necessary.

Hehe, interesting, reminds me of a typical RPG story. "You're in a tavern..." ;-D You hire mercenaries or talk them over, and they do a job for your cause, haha. ;-)

To be more realistic, with some solid friends one could do something. Perhaps more than with a brick. There's a risk one'd be noticed and then - then they could revenge. When you have some friends, and they know you have them, and they're loyal enough - they'd give up on a first sign of trouble, or even before (depends if they think these friends are reliable or not).

Edited by: feillyne

Now there's some appropriately distinct evidence of our two very different generations and our logic in approaching this.
Look at our different choices of" friends ". Compare what they're truly able to contribute and their ultimate benefit to our personal approaches in how we would attempt to rectifie the situation. The point being to solve one problem once, done. Your of a strategic mind ; which approach would be better towards this end and why ?

Hmm, you know, hiring some brutes can solve a problem for once and forever. Or just for once. Loyal friends, truly loyal, will just keep with you till the end - endure with you, or just will stand with you when you need support.

So having trustworthy, tested, etc. friends that even in such a situation still prove to be reliable - with them you can outlast any antisocial people or their behaviours or they will help you *convince* "loud people" you'd like to have more peace.

Whenever they return.

With 'mercenaries' (veterans, etc), friends convinced at a local bar :-D, you're likely to succeed once or twice... at their best capability. And it isn't so certain. ;-D And sometimes they turn on their own... mhmm... employers? ;-D

While I understand your example, I believe it has far too many variable of individuals relying on others to join together and physicslly act- potentially more than once.

By my example, I refer to recruiting nothing more than information which I would then act upon myself. My analogy was in regard to their convictions of right and wrong and how fiercely this group would hold to their ideals of Govt. responsibiliy and unite as a larger ( more powerful lobbying ) group if necc. to express their opinions and to act for resolution. Due to these convictions and collective experience, they would offer the shortes " red-tape " route within the legal sytem by refering you to whom and how to speak with to get the quickest resultss. If I mispoke or mis-implied ( which is known to occur often ) I apologize for the confusion. There is no " physical action " element in my example.

Does this help clarify my offered approach to this ?

Minuit wrote: what the hell is all this fake tough-guy shit.

Just go to the police in person with recordings and times/dates. If they don't do anything, go to your local council office.

They'll do something? Vcc2cc seems to be from the US, but he can't cope with that.

Well, in my own country there are something as offences, which do little damage to the society or to anybody in particular. Or they are generally considered so.

Such a thing could be exactly considered so, that's why they would just shrug and ignore this case anyway - unless you complain about it... louder.

@jjawinte you mean a simple protest and a gathering to show these guys that the community isn't happy about this incident? :-) It depends on the locals, largely.

I think I've gotten enough information and ideas, lets close this thread b4 it runs on any more.