Loud music in cars and the bass cranked so high it was hurting my ears...

I know that often happens when I have my windows open they play that music so so loud. I sometimes think they are doing it on purpose! I know its very annoying to me I cant consentrate at all! I just want to run out and scream shut that music down.LOL

hey i like loud music as much as the next guy, but some cars have their music cranked up to ridiculous levels! not only are they damaging their hearing (big time!!) but they are also hurting my ears too!

i totally agree with you... i encounter that a lot as well... people switch on loud music in the car and open their wondow to let other people hear it... seems to me that they want to show off... me and my hubby dislike it so much... we straight away pull up our window because we just can't stand the noise... or the young children listening to ipod with a loud noise as well... they will damage their ears as times goes by i think...

I know some young adults who graduated from high school 5 years ago and still have the bass blasting away. A few of them have children and don't give it a second thought to it being so loud. It can damage their eardrums and not just the kids!

Hello Feona1962, When I was just a teenager, I used to do that. The louder the better *laughs* I feel like whenever I listen to a 'good song' or 'good music', I want people around me to share it for free. I know most of my neighbors don't like it and alway think that I am a crazy teenager and deaf too maybe...but it is just ...nice to feel the music around you *laughs* But now, when I have my own family and small baby, I always 'curse' whoever try to make us listen to their extreme music. I think they are crazy! *laughs*

It is unnecessary but that's how most of the people are these days. My friend gave me a ride recently. We drove for 6 hours and Icouldn't sleep at all because he was listening to some techno/disco music with a lot of bass _

You wonder what's going through their minds with it si loud. If it bothers us nad we can't consentrate it must mean they arn't ether. Some times when it's that loud not only does it hurt my ears it also feels like it's trying to control my heart beat. I know it hast to be damaging their ears. I worked where the noise was a bit loud and repatious and I know that I have lost a bit of my hearing.

I love to ride down the hyway with my radio cranked up on the songs I like. and my youngest son has extra speakers in his truck to make the music louder dont mind it if it has a good beat and not that o nand on and on music. But when you can hear it in your house from out side that is way to much .

in our country, we have a commuter vehicle called "jeepney". they also play music so loud they can't hear you when you're paying. maybe they do that deliberately so they won't hear you when you ask for a change. or they simply think it's cool.

Unnecessary and dangerous I think. You wouldn't be able to hear sirens coming up behind you with the music up so loud! I know a couple of times I've had a good song up loud and then all of a sudden an ambulance/fire engine has come nearby and I thought 'gees lucky they weren't coming up behind me or I wouldn't have heard it!' So I think it should be illegal to have music up higher than a certain volume. After all, when we drive we use more than just our eyesight. Hearing is a very important part of safe driving too, don't you agree?

I know what you mean, half the time you can hear the 'thump, thump, thump' of the music before you hear the car coming. I remember when I was younger, one of my mates was showing me his new sound system he'd put in the car, half of it was in the boot, that's how much of it there was. I remeber looking at it, thinking 'why?'! Personally, I like to be able to hear normal car noises, so that I'm aware if something goes wrong!

That is the reason most cities have a noise ordinance, Feona. If this is an everyday occurence in your area you could probably talk to someone in law enforcement and have it checked out. Some people have no consideration for others when it comes to playing music. They want it loud and booming and don't care who it is inconveniencing.

I completely sympathise (sp?). People have a habit of driving down my street with their rap music turned up so high I could hear it for a while after the car has left my street. Once, I was lying in bed drifting off to sleep, when a car comes down my road with their music turned up so high I could feel my bed shaking. It is so obnoxious! Especially when they have young kids in the car, it doesn't do any good for their hearing to be damaged at such a young age. Have a good day

i love music too but when they play it so loud it just gives a headache,i think its just alot of showing off and who can be cooler with the loudest speakers,they dont think about how damaging it can be to them,but maybe when its too late they will smarten up.take care and hugs to noodles head from the bumble bees.pattie

We live one street over from a very busy, big main road. There's a stoplight at the corner so it seems like the thumping goes on forever. Some of these kids have the base up so loud that it vibrates the trunk. It sounds awful on the outside so I can only imagine what it sounds like from inside the vehicle. I remember the days when the cops would pull people over when they were playing their music too loud. Now they just seem to ignore it. Not that I would wish anyone to get in trouble for this, but they sure can't hear an emergency vehicle coming and they're probably not paying attention to the road.

Lucky they don't live where I do as they would get a ticket in a flash for disturbing the peace. The police here are on the look out for for these type of people.

I dont understand how they can put up with the noise. Its bad enough when my own kids have their music up. I am always telling them to turn it down. Unfortunately the kids today with the thumping music in their cars dont realise how much damage they are doing to their ears and will only notice later in life. I can remember when we used to go to all the loud concerts, and we thought it was really good. But my hearing isnt the best anymore. Best wishes to you, feona

I know what you mean. I live just down the street from a school and sometimes the music is so loud it rattles my windows, and you can feel the bass in your chest! Yikes.

I know I hear it everyday and just seems to be getting worse.I've heard the saying that it it's too loud than your too old but I would rather be too old than deaf.

Oh I feel for you, living close to a school, Feona1962. I only have to deal with the neighbors kid and I just prayed and the last few days he has stopped. But now his Aunt does it...