Driving w/Windows Open = Everybody Wants to Hear My Music

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
It is part of noise pollution, which is a real thing and over time can cause hearing loss, tinnitus and even changes in critical thinking and neurological processing.

However Arabic techno is a welcome change to the ubiquitous pop and rap I hear from other cars! You don’t hear my classical music. I suspect classical music lovers aren’t the type to blare it out

I listen to my classical music really loud--it amazing that way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? It's summer and people drive with windows down...deal with it. It's not all the time and is really not inconveniencing you.

Really? So when I am on my back porch having dinner in my residential neighborhood and some jackass pulls over o the street with his windows down and music blasting so loud hat my plates shake, I am not inconvenienced? Because I frequently hear people blast their music that loud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, man. You must really hate me. I have a speaker on my bike, and I have been really into Ethiopian jazz lately. I do hope that others enjoy it, but even if they don't, I can't say I particularly like the noise of cars, so I guess it all balances out.

I do really enjoy, though, when I pull up next to a car and the person has the windows down and is rocking out to something completely different than whatever I am listening to. We often exchange a look and a laugh, and it makes for a pleasant interlude in my day.

So, maybe consider whether you can find a way to appreciate that someone else is having a good time, even if it's not exactly your cup of tea?

Why don't you just invest in some decent headphones?

It's not that other people don't like your music. But sometimes I just want white noise in my car. Maybe I've had a long day, maybe I have a bit of a migraine. My drive home may be my only "alone time" for the rest of the day and I kind of treasure it. Maybe I want to hear the birds instead of your noise pollution. I'm not as aggravated by car music as OP, but try putting yourself in other people's shoes.

You are suggesting that, so you don't have to listen to someone else's music for a short period of time, the PP use headphones while driving, which is extraordinarily unsafe?

Nice.

[Anonymous]

YOu know how everyone loves to travel to places that have soul---the islands, Greece, Turkey, Italy etc---it's because no one is so stuck up and repressed there that they're bothered by car music. My god. LIVE IT UP PEOPLE. Car music brings life to an otherwise soulless society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YOu know how everyone loves to travel to places that have soul---the islands, Greece, Turkey, Italy etc---it's because no one is so stuck up and repressed there that they're bothered by car music. My god. LIVE IT UP PEOPLE. Car music brings life to an otherwise soulless society.

Dude, these to things do not equate to one another. Really. I hate when people are obnoxious or want to do something obnoxious and act like it is just acceptable to act that way in other countries. It's not. Being an obnoxious asshole makes you unlikable regardless of where you live. And disliking obnoxious assholes really doesn't make one repressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s just another example of “Me, me, look at me!! Please look at me!”

I feel sorry for the “jerks”. It’s the only way they can me noticed.

I love driving around with my windows down, listening to loud music and singing along. It has nothing to do with wanting anyone to look at me. I actually hate that. But, it gives mu such great joy.

Wow...do you folks have no life in you?

[Anonymous]

A few weeks back I was picking up my kid from lacrosse practice and a dad in a big black Jeep rolled up, windows and roof down/off, music blaring. The song he was blasting- I’m still giggling thinking about it- was “Rainy Day People” by Gordon Lightfoot. I only know this because I googled the lyrics. It was an early 40’s aged dad. I was hunched over, dying laughing because the car was cool, the volume of the music made me think he wanted to seem cool, and the singer was..... Gordon Lightfoot. It was amazing. You do you, Gordon Lightfoot megafan.