"Granted, the severity of the penalty is certainly debatable; this concept of confiscating vehicles is asinine."
That was my real point, although I probably did not state it as well as I should have. Believe me, I hate loud music as much as anyone, but this law is quite punitive in the way it's currently written.
In addition, there are noise ordinances and laws against disturbing the peace that could already be used against this type of thing, so why would they need to enact new laws?
Yep. If they actually enforced the current statutes they could get a grip on it. But they really don't care about enforcing them. This is another excuse to take property. Another cash cow. It has absolutely nothing to do with solving a community problem. When an elected official tells you he cares about you it is time to be afraid.