Why Do Drivers Insist On Blasing Such Loud Music?

I have a fantasy of buying a pair of speakers for my next car and have them installed on the OUTSIDE, probably under the hood with the engine in front and under the trunk in back. Then when some loud cretin comes next to me, I flip the switch with Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture and stay as close to them as I discretely can. When that's over I'll switch to Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain." Wagner did a good piece, too, that's nice and loud. Something about a ring, I think. That's the kind of music to play loud. But not really when you are driving. People have run into emergency vehicles when they were playing their entertainment loud and the emergency vehicles had their sirens going. It is really a safety issue. How about motorcycles with obviously ineffective mufflers? Do you have that in Canada as well?

It's a real problem the world over. We were on holiday in Malta, strolling and enjoying the scenery when our eardrums were assaulted by dreadful music as a car with two young lads in passed us. 5 minutes later, we saw the same car pulled over by the police. Mercifully, the music was turned off, and the driver had an on the spot fine, as the policeman said he was driving without due care and attention. Perhaps we should all move to Malta, if we can't get hold of a silencing ray?

That's the million dollar question. I don't get it either. I have taken my favorite songs and turned them up full blast.. just to see what it was all about. It was HORRIBLE!! I hardly could understand the words, it was pounding and blasting and just ridiculous and so not enjoyable! I hate it when they drive up beside me and even with all windows closed, I can plainly hear the blarring of their trashy crummy songs and of course they always turn up the bss so their car almost rocks with the beat. I can't believe anyone really likes or enjoys it like that, so it has to be just to draw attention to themselves to get people to think they are great and wonderful and oh, so cool!!!

I hate drivers who really have a blasting music in their cars and jeepneys. It is really annoying and defeaning. Well, young drivers who are passionate towards music are the only one making this kind of bad practice and it is really frustrating if I rode a PUJ with this kind of music.

I hate it too. Once we were driving at about 45 mph and there was a car driving about 5000 feet in front of us. Our windows were closes and we could still hear the music!!!!!!!

I know what you mean the music vibrates everything around it. I have heard that they people think the music sounds better when it is loud. I do not think it is good for yours eardrums and I wonder if these people can hear after they have been in their car listening to the loud music.

I used to like to listen to musci when it was played loud when I was younger but not anymore. I never blasted it around other people who did not want to hear it though. I think alot of people like to display their loud stereo systems mainly and show them off instead of actually listening to their loud music being played. I hate loud music now too though.

I have noticed this too. I like loud music in my car from time to time, but not loud enough that people can hear it outside the car! The sort of loud music I hear from cars now, can even often penetrate through my car when I am stopped at traffic signals! I often wonder how much damage they are doing to the ears! [em]lol [/em]- Derek We've all been young and each generation has they way of rebelling against society's values - that's how we as human beings evolve and change. It seems that each and every generation criticized the younger generation and what they do. Even some of the younger generation themselves, criticize the loudness of music and craziness of the trends! I guess that's what makes us human! - Derek

I guess they never give a damn on other people. They would just be thinking of themselves alone. They don't care about other people's interests and privacy...

I don't know for some reason these people just want everyone to know what they're listening to or they are just trying to show off to somebody. The thing is though the people that blare their music are usually listening to pretty bad rap music or something like that. It seems like the people playing music really loudly are never playing anything that you like. It doesn't make much sense to me either.

Hi danishcanadian, luckily we don't get much of that around here but if we do it's invariably some young man showing off his fast car. We were having coffee in town the other day by the seafront and the traffic there was pretty busy as it's August but there had to be just one who roared along in his black car, windows down and music blasting loud enough to think another earthquake tremor was about to knock the table over. And the obscene thing about that was it was siesta hour too.

hmmm...before i used to love loud music. me and my friends strolling around with big speakers on the back seats. maybe we think it was cool and wants others attention.Look what happened to me now? I don't know if this is due to medications or the headset that I'm wearing everytime i transcribe files? hm?(indian accents is so hard to transcribe so i have to put it on a high volume) Now, i'm no longer using my headset or any gudget with headsets.

Hi danishcanadian I'm afraid nothing you can do, except find a better indoor place, not at outdoor tables. That's the consequence of sitting outdoor I guess,hehe.. Well, as the previous responses said, maybe it just his/her hobbies to hear music loudly and they think it's their right because its their own car. Some rock-lover love heavy loud music. I personally prefer slow and classic music. There's other possibility, maybe he/she feel stress in life,,haha So he try to wipe it away by filling his brain with that loud music. Another reason, they think they look cool if they pass by in a car with loud music turning on. Personally, I don't think they look cool with that way..

We get a lot of that around here. It doesn't bother me to much if I'm driving by them or am at a light, since I will pull away from them, or roll up the window. Crazy how you can feel the vibration. I have turned up my 'cooler' music, so to tune out their horrible one, just temporarily until I'm away. . What really bothers me is there are some of these drivers, speeding down my nice residential street, blasting their music after midnight! 1am, 2am, ridiculous! Definitely need one of those sound-ray things at that time!

Drivers insist on blaring music because of several reasons. One reason would be they really don't care. Second reason they could have a hearing problem like me and need the music louder to hear it. Another could be they have a loud vehicle and they have no AC so they have to have their windows down and the music up to hear it. Just like me. However I also only listen to the public radio. So no obscene music comes from me. Possibly religious sermon could be heard. But not obscene.

Some people like the attention and have to have their music up. I think some want to drown everything out around them. Others like to show off. Some are overcompensating.

Personally I think that they are morons who do it just to annoy everyone else. Either that or they just don't care. I remember once I pulled up alongside one of these morons at a stoplight. I was on my bike, so I was getting the full bast of the racket (I'll not call it music) I leaned over and said to the driver "Do you actually like that racket?" The noise was so much that he could not hear what I was saying, so he turned it off. I promptly said "Do you actually like that racket? Because I can tell you, no-one else does!" Then the lights changed and I pulled away leaving them standing there at the light! Actually, I was not as polite as that, but MyLot won't allow me to put what I actually did say!

Not sure about the sound-ray but I think an Uzi would work. I think it is time that towns and cities start putting in a noise ordinance to prevent people from blasting their music. It would keep the noise pollution down and raise revenue. I agree on to loud when my van vibrates due to their bass boost it is just way too much. I think they are looking for attention.

I do agree that music sounds better louder (sometimes. depends on the music of course. lol.) I tend to turn up songs that I like and make me wanna dance and sing along. A lot of the time I turn it up so loud so I can sing loud and no one will hear me. Hahahaha. But I only do that on the highways. But I agree that cars these days are too loud. My house is right by a busy street and it's just ridiculous that some people drive by with their music that loud or the cars that just sound like they want to be racecars or something. I don't understand it, and it's rude. It interrupts my sleep, or sometimes I can't hear the TV. It's been bothering me a lot lately, and if I hadn't seen a discussion about it, I probably would have started one eventually. Haha.

I am one of those teen drivers who always blasts music while driving...I don't know why we do it, but I guess it makes us more confident? I do realize how it can be annoying at times.