MossRoad
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
- Messages
- 60,303
- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
Everyone's got a bad neighbor (that goes both ways). Its part of living in a neighborhood. You made someone angry over the noise and now every time you start that truck it's going to grate on their nerves, regardless of whether its justified or not and they're going to call the police on you to teach you a lesson (weather you deserve it or not).
In a lot of places the police can't do anything to you unless they witness it or have some sort of video evidence of it, so if you don't do it again, all the police can do is come out and say "Hi there, we've had a complaint." and you can introduce yourself to each new officer, tell them the burnout story, tell them you've learned your neighborly lesson, and tell them you're trying to be as quiet and respectful as possible since then, but someone keeps calling every time you move the truck. Ask them if they can get a noise meter so they can help you test the sound to see if its breaking any noise ordinances (if there are any). Tell them you'd appreciate any help to alleviate the situation. If the police tell you they're watching you and logging the number of times they've come out, ask them to also please make a note of how many times they found no problem, that they've heard the truck run and that you were fully cooperative and that you'd appreciate that.
As for wanting to know who's calling... the police aren't going to tell you that nor should they, exactly for the reason that you said..... you want to confront them.
As someone with a very loud '93 Suburban, 350 with 3" straight pipes for the last 5 years (I recently put a glasspack on it), I'll suggest you have to be extremely careful to never ever disturb the peace, especially in your own neighborhood. No one else wants to hear it but you and me. When I had to work nights and come home at 3 in the morning I felt just sick about disturbing the peace. I'd get a good run down the highway, throw it in neutral and coast the last half mile through the neighborhood into my driveway. I asked several of the neighbors if my truck bothered them. Two are pert near deaf and said they never heard it. One said it woke up his wife. That was at idle! The direct next door neighbor said it wakes him up but that's good because it reminds him to pee.
So, I put the muffler on it. I haven't asked the new folks across the street yet. He's a county cop, so I'd imagine he'd tell me if it was, but I think I'll be proactive and ask him if it sounds too loud before he gets annoyed enough to have to embarrass me in front of the other neighbors.
Best thing to do is be a good neighbor, keep it as quiet as possible, be as open and honest with the cops each time they come out and hopefully either the problem will go away or they'll tell the caller that they are becoming a nuisance to the police.
Nice looking truck, by the way. :thumbsup: I've got an '85 1/2 ton Custom Deluxe 4x4 rotting in the back yard.
In a lot of places the police can't do anything to you unless they witness it or have some sort of video evidence of it, so if you don't do it again, all the police can do is come out and say "Hi there, we've had a complaint." and you can introduce yourself to each new officer, tell them the burnout story, tell them you've learned your neighborly lesson, and tell them you're trying to be as quiet and respectful as possible since then, but someone keeps calling every time you move the truck. Ask them if they can get a noise meter so they can help you test the sound to see if its breaking any noise ordinances (if there are any). Tell them you'd appreciate any help to alleviate the situation. If the police tell you they're watching you and logging the number of times they've come out, ask them to also please make a note of how many times they found no problem, that they've heard the truck run and that you were fully cooperative and that you'd appreciate that.
As for wanting to know who's calling... the police aren't going to tell you that nor should they, exactly for the reason that you said..... you want to confront them.
As someone with a very loud '93 Suburban, 350 with 3" straight pipes for the last 5 years (I recently put a glasspack on it), I'll suggest you have to be extremely careful to never ever disturb the peace, especially in your own neighborhood. No one else wants to hear it but you and me. When I had to work nights and come home at 3 in the morning I felt just sick about disturbing the peace. I'd get a good run down the highway, throw it in neutral and coast the last half mile through the neighborhood into my driveway. I asked several of the neighbors if my truck bothered them. Two are pert near deaf and said they never heard it. One said it woke up his wife. That was at idle! The direct next door neighbor said it wakes him up but that's good because it reminds him to pee.
So, I put the muffler on it. I haven't asked the new folks across the street yet. He's a county cop, so I'd imagine he'd tell me if it was, but I think I'll be proactive and ask him if it sounds too loud before he gets annoyed enough to have to embarrass me in front of the other neighbors. Best thing to do is be a good neighbor, keep it as quiet as possible, be as open and honest with the cops each time they come out and hopefully either the problem will go away or they'll tell the caller that they are becoming a nuisance to the police.
Nice looking truck, by the way. :thumbsup: I've got an '85 1/2 ton Custom Deluxe 4x4 rotting in the back yard.
