Pregnancy and Neighbours Car Horn

LilElvis

You must have other neighbours, have you asked them if they have confronted him or reported the nuisance?

For 5 months it really isn't worth getting yourself het up about it. Buy your partner some earplugs if necessary. In a few weeks it might not bother her at all because her sleep will be disturbed every night as she makes countless trips to the toilet and the baby starts kicking and turning somersaults. I also got into nocturnal ironing for several months!

burnoutbabe

set the alarm for 6,25 and then she is awake when the car horn starts? and then can go back to sleep.

AndrewB3

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Well why did you ask for opinions then? If you disagree, then phone the police, problem sorted.

I asked for advise on solutions, not opinions on whether this situation was right/wrong or legal/illegal.

It doesn't matter what kind of honking it is really does it? To be honest, if i was woken up by a horn, i'd rather it be an attempt at playing Green Sleeves with it.

Thank you for those who have given advise on solutions, that is all I was asking for.

For those who are questioning the legitimacy of my grievance, this is not what i was looking for.

mummyroysof3

Wouldn't an alarm be just as much as a jolt awake as the car horn but closer to her ear? Lol

Op you shouldn't have to sleep on the sofa that is just not fair.

My child at age 5 still wakes up in night and gets up between 3 and 5 am to start the day so I would love to be woke by a car horn at 6:30 lol.

I do apriciate it's annoying but they aren't going to stop. Can she sleep in a bedroom on the back? Would that help?

barbiedoll

Your neighbour is an inconsiderate pr1ck and you should report him to the community police officers if you have any in your area (you probably do, they are much cheaper than proper police officers), they would probably have a word with him.

Have you spoken to any other neighbours, does this annoy anyone else? To be honest, 6.30am is not that early for those of us who work normal office hours, I am up at 6am every day so it wouldn't bother me personally. We have an elderly neighbour who is slightly deaf, her and her friend meet outside her house every morning at around 7am to walk their dogs and they chat very loudly! My next-door neighbour used to go mad at them when her kids were on school holidays, they would be woken up by the loud nattering!

I also once had a neighbour who probably suffered from OCD. Whenever he returned home after a night out, he would open and then slam shut every one of his car doors, several times. He would then lock the car (bleep bleeping) and then return a minute later and go through the whole rigmarole again. Not fun at 11pm when you're just dropping off to sleep lol!

Your wife and baby will not be harmed by being woken up early, annoying though it is. Of course she needs her rest, neither she nor you will be getting much sleep soon. But it's not dangerous, I can remember my DH waking me up at 6am, on a Sunday morning when I was 6 months pregnant, to tell me that Princess Diana had died. I was not impressed to be woken up so early on my day off!
Get her some earplugs!

browneyedbazzi

A lot of pregnant women work and get up to alarms every day - they, and their babies are fine. Being woken up by a car horn is not going to cause any serious harm - if your girlfriend feels tired and needs more rest then she can go back to sleep or take a nap later on. Or wear ear plugs so she doesn't hear it. It really shouldn't be a huge issue.

As for how to get it to stop - if asking nicely didn't work then your only (legal) option is to report it to the council environmental health team (who can deal with it on noise nuisance grounds, although I'm not convinced that one toot of a car horn each morning would constitute statutory nuisance) or the local police (who may deal with it as anti-social behaviour). Realistically, doing either is probably going to cause a lot of friction and you may find that it's not worth the battle.

GwylimT

AndrewB3 wrote: »

This is the first time I have any experience of pregnant women, so i have no idea what harms/doesn't harm the baby. I am just assuming that being woken up is bad.

I'm not using it as an excuse, I was just hoping for some empathy that this is a stressful enough situation as it is.

I don't think I am making a big deal out of this, maybe I should come to your house and ring your doorbell every morning at 3am? then you can tell me whether it's a big deal or not :rotfl:

Thank you for your suggestions anyway.

How do you think pregnant women get up for work in the morning, an alarm clock is no less startling when it wakes you up.

Georgiegirl256

AndrewB3 wrote: »

It doesn't matter what kind of honking it is really does it? .

Well to me, and this is just my opinion of course, one quick toot of the horn wouldn't bother me, and it probably wouldn't be enough to rile me to the extent it appears to have done to you. If it went on for longer and was numerous pips then it would probably get on my nerves, and yes it would annoy the hell out of me. So yes, it does matter IMO.

I'd tell them again that if nothing is done about it then yes, you will be going to the police. If he continues to take the P*ss, then what else are you meant to do about it.

ETA: He does sound like a total kn*b tbh though. Why can't he say goodbye to his wife verbally like normal people rather than employing the power of the car horn to do it for him.

System

I somehow don't think the police would do much about a horn being sounded half an hour before the law says it can considering the time limits etc seem to be universally ignored and the police take no action against those

AndrewB3

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I somehow don't think the police would do much about a horn being sounded half an hour before the law says it can considering the time limits etc seem to be universally ignored and the police take no action against those

I do agree that the police would not be interested in this, nor am I ever going to call them for such a thing.

Just so you are aware though, use of a horn other than to alert other road users is completely prohibited and use of a horn while stationary is completely prohibited, regardless of time or place.