Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Should ice cream truck music be banned within city limits?

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Berlin Dol


A local vendor is soon to face city council as he was cited for violating the city noise ordinance. He tried using a bicycle bell for a while, but it doesn't have the same effect. Bar music, outdoor music festivals, jackhammers, factory whistles, train whistles, and emergency sirens are all louder than the ice cream truck. The neighborhood kids love the ice cream truck music and get all excited when they hear it. We had an ice cream truck in our neighborhood when I was a child and so did my parents. It just seems like taking a law out of context. Loud music should be banned for personal vehicles, residences and private property, not businesses in my opinion.


Answer
I guess some parents complained about the ice cream company advertising to children, while on a public street. There is a possibility that a child could be injured by a passing vehicle while on the street.

When I was a kid nobody thought of such things, so we had ice cream trucks all the time. We drove our parents crazy by running in asking for money. Nobody I know ever got hit by a car, but it's a different world. Kids aren't running the streets like we did, they have play dates at other kids houses instead.



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