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Old 04/17/2007, 10:40 AM
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How to counter attack Ghetto Blasting Bass in cars?

OK, I am sure it has happened to many folks. You are sitting in your car at a light or wherever. Windows rolled up, listening to YOUR choice of music.
Some other car then pulls alongside or within 50 feet and all of a sudden your windows are vibrating, car is shaking, your ears hurt and you can no longer hear YOUR music much less talk to someone in the car!

I suppose it is illegal to get out of your car with some heavy object and SMASH the offending cars windows. (j/K)

So is there any way to wire my car with a electronic magnetic pulse wave or something?

I was thinking about a semi truck air horn, is there a electronic version rather than air? I could then just blast the hell out of them.
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Old 04/17/2007, 10:43 AM
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Hah I had this happen to me yesterday. The worst part of it was it was some truck that was lowered to the ground with hydraulics. It sounded like someone was spraying a hose in the middle of the road but it was just the sound of the truck bouncing up and down.

Which by the way, in the 1000000000 to 1 chance the driver happens to be reading this, looks absolutely rediculous. The only time this looks good is on an old 30s or 40s gangster looking car
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Old 04/17/2007, 10:44 AM
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Go to your city council and request enforcement of noise laws, particularly if you can id the intersection where this jerk lives/hangs out. The police have to catch them at it. But most cities have laws, or should.
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Old 04/17/2007, 10:48 AM
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Go to your city council and request enforcement of noise laws, particularly if you can id the intersection where this jerk lives/hangs out. The police have to catch them at it. But most cities have laws, or should.
Yes it is against the law, but there are to many of them and the Police have much to much else to do. Restraining orders are also the law but are nothing more than a piece of paper.
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Old 04/17/2007, 10:52 AM
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Just throw tennis balls at them.
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Old 04/17/2007, 10:56 AM
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A paintball gun would work well You might get introuble for that though.
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:00 AM
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Just throw tennis balls at them.
And yet another use for tennis balls!!! It can unlock your car door, help with back pain and now this.

Who knew it was such a versatile product.
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:02 AM
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These work well:






I always wanted to get a Bass-Seeking model but no one seems to make them
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:12 AM
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It's even more annoying when they are driving through the neighborhood.
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:13 AM
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The city that I work for in E. St. Louis has a special noise ordinance that allows the seizure of the vehicle as a violator of the noise ordinance ! The seizures are done after the second violation notice !!! It has had a dramatic effect !
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:15 AM
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The city that I work for in E. St. Louis has a special noise ordinance that allows the seizure of the vehicle as a violator of the noise ordinance ! The seizures are done after the second violation notice !!! It has had a dramatic effect !
Where in E STL do you work? I grew up just south of E STL, played ball at Venice, Lovejoy, etc.
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:22 AM
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If you think that's bad, check this out.


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It's an old video, but very very funny. Watch the guy run the stop sign...
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:36 AM
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Ya man, dats what I be talking about!

At leat I have a cure for those. Sneak around with a bag of spuds and shove one in each tale pipe.
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Old 04/17/2007, 11:46 AM
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Ya man, dats what I be talking about!

At leat I have a cure for those. Sneak around with a bag of spuds and shove one in each tale pipe.

OMG, that brings back some long lost memories, along with the dead fish in the heater intake
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Old 04/17/2007, 12:42 PM
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Ooops, wrong tale Should be tail.

How about spud guns? Such a versatile veggie!
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Old 04/17/2007, 01:38 PM
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I've been thinking of getting one of the loud obnocious air horns that you see people use at football games and such. When the offending car pulls up, point it the offenders ears and give it a nice long blast until the bass pounding from the offending car ceases. When questioned about why you did such an act, just say "well, it couldend have been any more offending that the nosie coming from the other vechile".
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Old 04/17/2007, 02:00 PM
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it's worse when they park in front of the office directly outside the door on a nice day when i shut the cats in the back room and prop the door open. more than once, i've gone out and politely asked them to move along. when polite doesn't work, i go off. usually after one time of witnessing a neener temper tantrum, they park elsewhere.
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Old 04/17/2007, 02:40 PM
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And they also keep the bass cranked up while filling up at the gas station. I really want to say something but it usually someone I (or any sane person)would not want to mess with, they know it and that's how they get away with it.
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Old 04/17/2007, 02:49 PM
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Was that you Hobster ? giving me the dirty looks at the gas station.
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Old 04/17/2007, 02:58 PM
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These work well:






I always wanted to get a Bass-Seeking model but no one seems to make them
OZ see above^^^^^^^^^^
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Old 04/17/2007, 03:16 PM
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i understand what you guys are saying, i also think the same way, if i wanted to listen to the crap coming out of your stereo i would be sitting in your car
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Old 04/17/2007, 03:47 PM
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i love blasting my stereo!
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Old 04/17/2007, 03:57 PM
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i love blasting my stereo!
Yeah. Me too.

But you gotta have some common courtesy and considereations for other people.

I try to be conscious of it and either turn it down or roll up the window when approaching other people.
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Old 04/17/2007, 03:58 PM
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Yall just sound like haters. Thats the whole reason I got my audio system hook up was to **** off people like yall. I guess it works. LOL
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Old 04/17/2007, 04:12 PM
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Yall just sound like haters. Thats the whole reason I got my audio system hook up was to **** off people like yall. I guess it works. LOL
If that is the real reason why you got a loud system, you are a living joke.
 


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