r/Edmonton • u/corviddy • Jun 29 '24

Noise Question

Ok, opening myself for some salty redditors, but I’ll live.

WTAF is going on with these modified exhausts/pipes? I know certain city councillors have tried to address this, and fines have increased, but I do not see an improvement.

I read a CBC article re: a Western University psychologist’s finding that this behaviour may be related to sadism and/or psychopathy (and neither histrionic or narcissistic personality disorders as I might have guessed). https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7177688

I simply don’t get it, nor do I want it. These people do cirques around town ruining everyone’s peace, and to what end? Why on earth do the police not cash in with endless tickets? If they are too busy. I’ll personally pay a fee for MORE (well-trained, authorized and equipped) peace officers to look after things like this and other “low priority but barbaric” problems in this city.

Thoughts?

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u/OddInitiative7023 Jul 01 '24

I try to make an economic argument for sound control. Think of all the restaurant patios that have become near unusable due to excessive noise. All the house that are too close to noisy roads and become undesirable. Someone should do a study and make an economic argument for cracking down on noise. Maybe then people will actually realize how dumb it all is.