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[Captain Corea]

[Ginormousaurus]

I think this is a great move on the govt.'s part. There's few things more frustrating than loud neighbours. The topic is Dave's staple.

[Fox]

Yes, but if a man's footsteps are enough to violate the standards at night, then what am I supposed to do when my children wake up crying at a much louder volume? Stuff a sock in their mouths? If there is malice, intention, or even indifference behind a noise violation that's one thing, but sometimes disturbing one's neighbors is unfortunately unavoidable. My apartment is also passingly old.

[northway]

Is this going to include domestic abuse, or will that remain a private matter?

[chickenpie]

[waynehead]

Man up and buy earplugs and a crazy loud alarm clock like the rest of us.

J/k, this seems like a good policy.

[War Eagle]

Just another law that is not only very difficult to enforce (who owns a sound meter?), but won't be enforced.

[Captain Corea]

I think it depends on the man (person). I lived with my in-laws for a while, and out of our family, my FIL was by far the loudest walker. I outweigh him by around 40+kgs, but he sure loved to walk on his heels.

[3DR]

Very good.

There is some idiot below me who apparently teaches opera classes and I have to listen to a man and woman bellowing on the weekdays from 5-8 pm and 10-1 on Saturdays (forget sleeping in if I want to)

[Weigookin74]

I hope if they pass this law they also introduce better soundproofing in the buildings. Otherwise, the landlord should be fined and required to install it in the ceilings between floors. This will really block much of the noise. Basic things like walking and watching tv should not affect things too bad if there is proper soundproofing. Passing this law with no soundproofing being required or retrofitted into buildings will do no good.

[MoneyMike]

I think it's great that the government is making this more of an issue, but this law is bull. How could it possibly be enforced?

"Hey officer, I just heard my neighbor make a sound, it was about 60 decibels. I want compensation."

It's completely unprovable and unenforceable. Who thinks this nonsense up??

Although it does create a business opportunity! Importing and selling a sound measuring device that will record times and sound levels it detects. That would pay for itself pretty quickly if they were to actually enforce compensation!

And yeah, I second that about people who walk loudly. The guy downstairs from me sounds like he's goose-stepping when he walks around. It's almost like he's purposely driving his feet into the floor to make as much noise as possible.

[Mr. BlackCat]

[Who's Your Daddy?]

[cj1976]

So no more boozy Hendrix covers on my electric guitar at 1am? Fascists!

[Steelrails]

35 db? That's an awfully low number...

I'm all for stricter enforcement, but going from 55-35 db is like basically taking a street and lowering the speed limit from 55-35 mph. You don't fight speeding drivers with lower speed limits, you fight it with better traffic enforcement. Same with sound.