Car noise has upset someone

Gene_Hunt_2

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

Yes, I understand that, but don't see the logic of it being a criminal matter?

The offence is quitting, don't know where the five minutes comes in tho.

pulliptears

mollycat wrote: »

Dont really get the 99% of posters who are giving advice here. I leave for work at 6am, so do most of the people i know, if not earlier.

My neighbours dont bat an eyelid.

How lovely. Most of the people I know leave much later, with the odd exception.

How long do you guys want to sleep!!?? Working people, who pay the taxes that finance this country, can be up, about, and out to work by the back of 5am easily.

Working people, who pay the taxes to finance this country do not all get up at 4.30am and leave by 5am. Flexi time can allow a start between 8am and 10am. How long people want or need to sleep is, I suspect, quite individual to them and really of nobody else's concern.

Thing that really bugs me, if im on night shift, like a lot of public sector workers, gets woken up unexpectedly, and uninvited at midday by someone at their door...thats much worse!!

You expect that people are up and about in the day and you expect a modicum of noise and disturbance. Why not put a "No Cold Callers" note on the door? Or a sign saying "Shift Worker, please don't knock". Both solutions, along with a decent set of ear plugs worked well for me when I worked nights.

Either way it is a moot point because it isn't illegal to make noise in the day.

OP, you're doing nothing wrong, if people in your street cannot stomach the fact some people have to leave for work early, and do not appreciate the benefit you provide to society by doing so, thats their problem.

As nobody here has actually heard the car, nor has OP said how long the car is running idle for in the street (as far as I can see) I don't see how you, or anyone else can make that call.

Once again this forum is exposed in a really clear way for what it is.

Pathetic.

How is the forum pathetic? If it makes everyone pathetic because we don't take too kindly to noise at 5am then there is a lot of users here that fall into that category. If we are pathetic because we actually go to work at a different time than you feel is acceptable then once again, a lot of us fall into that category.

I would ask, if the forum is so pathetic why stay?

optimus_primera

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

What safety issues?

Probably because leaving a running vehicle unattended is classed as not under control?? Therefore the powers that be deem it 'unsafe' and make it illegal.

I think you are getting confused by the earlier poster saying its against the law to do so on a private drive,which it is not.
The 5 minute rule i have never heard of,so where that has come from i don't know.

Flyboy152

optimus_primera wrote: »

Probably because leaving a running vehicle unattended is classed as not under control?? Therefore the powers that be deem it 'unsafe' and make it illegal.

I think you are getting confused by the earlier poster saying its against the law to do so on a private drive,which it is not.
The 5 minute rule i have never heard of,so where that has come from i don't know.

Perhaps it's like one of those guidelines, such as ten per cent plus two.

Gene_Hunt_2

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Perhaps it's like one of those guidelines, such as ten per cent plus two.

So why would it become an issue after five minutes?

Harry_Flashman

I still can't see why it's an issue at all?

real1314

Inactive wrote: »

Even if it is on a private driveway?

Fair point, although the OP didn't state where it was.

Although noise nuisance would still apply regardless of location. :cool:

worried_jim

NeverInDebt wrote: »

Chavtastic

I bet the rozzers stop this every day.

worried_jim

Lum

That Burberry Chavalier doesn't count, since it belonged to Goldie Lookin Chain, a welsh hip hop band that parody chav culture.

Pretty sure they ended up crashing it and writing it off too.