http://www.lowertheboom.org/problem.htm

On the surface, and to most people, this problem seems as simple as kids playing their music very loud. The truth of the matter is that this problem is so complex in so many ways that much of problem is merely in explaining the problem itself.

As you soak up this information, you will begin to understand how severe and deep this problem really is. You will learn, among many other things, that much of that music isn't really music, and that only some of those kids are kids. You will begin to understand why boom cars upset you, and the dire implications behind those sensations.

If you would like a quick, simplified rundown of some of the problems caused by boom cars, then for starters ...

It has been documented by the World Health Organization (WHO) and others that boom car noise:

• Causes physical damage at the cellular level
• Can damage human organs
• Induces hearing loss
• Impedes learning and cognitive development processes
• Evokes hypertension
• Leads to aggressive behavior
• Causes stress and sleep loss
• Leads to depression

These should be reason enough to ban the sale and use of this type of HI/LF noise maker.

There are other clear reasons why this type of noise needs to stop:

• A person who has the right to not listen to this noise is totally unable to escape it; thus their rights are violated.
• Boom car operators are often associated with many other types of crimes.
• Boom car noise impedes the safety and awareness of motorists and pedestrians through blatant distraction.
• It is often too difficult, if not impossible, to identify the perpetrator of acoustic terrorism due to distances, speed, and physical obstacles, thus preventing the reporting of an offense.
• Even at its lowest volumes, this type of noise continues upsetting and irritating unwilling listeners like almost no other stimulus can.
• Sound technology (highly amplified, low frequency output) is outpacing current laws (measured in db-A).
• Military and educational system are advocating the use of boom car technology because it reaches the kids.
• The aggressive nature of the perpetrators has directly lead to the murders of innocent victims.
• Boom car noise is a continual offense to homeowners and recreation seekers.
• Boom car equipment manufacturers base their marketing platform on senseless aggression, social agitation, and the destruction of the well-being of decent citizens.
• Citizens are forced into grass roots campaigns against this type of noise due to wealth of industrial lobbyists.
• Boom cars are often used to announce the receipt of a new drug shipment to a neighborhood.
• Citizens are virtually limited in their autonomy to address this problem (legally).
• Amplified noise was used effectively as a weapon by U.S. forces to defeat General Manuel Noriega.
• Property values decrease in affected areas.
• Research on low frequency amplification for use as a non-lethal control by police was discontinued because of its physically destructive affects to bystanders and, potentially, the subject as well.
• Boom cars interfere with the motorist's ability to hear and respond to emergency vehicles.
• Noise was the number one neighborhood complaint and the number one reason people move, based on census figures.
• There is absolutely no redeeming social, spiritual, economic, or ethical value in the emission of repetitious thumping noises and vibrations that can be heard and felt for over a quarter of a mile.
• Property owners are driven to the point of having to move to other areas of a town or state to find temporary comfort.
• Not taking timely and appropriate action is the equivalent of demanding that American citizens, including war veterans who fought to ensure our peace and freedom, be subjected to the toxic fallout of the boom car operators instead of being able to enjoy peace that they fought so hard for, even inside their own homes.
• We the people have patently tolerated this insane situation far past the point of fairness, and have endured to the edge of our human ability to cope with this abrasive, aggressive, obnoxious, in-your-face activity.