Posted on 05/02/2023 4:06:35 PM PDT by grundle
Black drivers received almost 37% of the tickets, despite Black people making up only about 16% of Florida's driving-eligible population.
'Stop being racists,' says man ticketed 5 times for loud music
Carven Exantus, 34, of Miami has been ticketed five times for loud music – at $129 each – by police in Miami Beach, including twice the same day 90 minutes apart in October. Exantus, who is Black, beat four of the tickets in court, so far. His most recent ticket was the afternoon of March 9 along Ocean Drive. He has pleaded not guilty.
He urged police and the Legislature to suspend enforcing the law: “Stop being racists, simple. Something is disproportionately affecting one group, and it's designed to be that way. If it's walking and quacking like a duck, it's a duck. It's racist.”
Exantus was ticketed driving road-legal golf carts with license plates and headlights for his business, Crew Cart Services LLC of Miami. It offers tours, pick-ups and drop-offs for tourists and locals along the beach district. The carts, with stereos, are open-air with no doors and no windows.
“We're getting harrassed to the point where I can't even conduct business,” Exantus said
His business partner, Fred Laurice Johnson, 33, has been ticketed four times in Miami Beach for loud music and contested all the $129 tickets. On Friday, he beat a ticket in court that accused him of playing Maroon 5 too loudly on Dec. 1. The judge dismissed it when the officer didn't show up to testify. Johnson, who is Black, and Exantus said they have never seen police use a sound-measuring device before writing tickets for loud music.
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I’m dealing with that situation in the near future again... http://noiseoff.org/library.php
There are two interesting articles (articles section) that show this isn’t as benign as some of these idiots think: Heavy Bass Victims You Are Not Alone and Vibroacoustic Disease (VAD). It will drive you insane.
"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey at high volume gets mostly thumbs up from bystanders. Sorry, but that's the way it is.
Turn that s$&! Down
“I celebrate a cherry bomb muffler sound..like a Harley..it’s pure Americana!”
And unsafe.
Couln’t possibly be because white people are less likely to want the entire neighborhood to know, “Look at me! I’m in your neighborhood!”
Maybe the cops levy fines based on decibel level, and blacks play music louder than others.
I was at a car wash where you drive through and then vacuum and clean the interior after exiting the car wash. There was an Amish couple with their rap music blaring so loudly it hurt my ears and I left without finishing cleaning my car. They were parked beside one of the many signs that asked people to put trash in the bins and to NOT play music.
They purposely flaunt not following rules. They DARE you to try to enforce them.
I don’t listen to Led Zepplin often,
but when I do,
so do my neighbors.
Even if you’ve never ridden in a car this would not be surprising. Living in a house, walking along a sidewalk, you would know. This might be surprising to someone who was born deaf.
I reckon head phones would squash an Afro.
Yes. It's called arrogant stupidity. It does disproportionately occur in American negroes.
It’s sad, I know.
There are disproportionately more black professional basketball players. Should we idiotically assume it’s because of racism against non blacks?
Loud music that is annoying in traffic is far more likely to emanate from a car with black occupants, at least around here.
It’s called the Bass Dial. Learn how to roll it to “-6”!
Stop playing your music so loudly its a public nuissance and stop falsely accusing others of racism when the problem is your thoughtlessness toward others and your selfishness.
When the Richter Scale pulls up alongside my vehicle, I am ready to go full Trunk Monkey.
Enjoying a nice day, sitting on a bench near a busy road, waiting for my wife to finish a luncheon bridge outing, I observed the traffic. About 25% of the passing cars had blaring speakers and 100% of the drivers were black.
Since it is Florida ... I would not be surprised if the law continues in force. The legislature might even make some money available in the budgets for the noise measurement equipment.
Does anyone else feel THREATENED when the loud-volume vehicles roll up? It is a very creepy and uncomfortable sensation.
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