Writer needs help with sound laws

When you are talking about the annoying people who drive by in their "boom cars", this is just an average everyday system, and is not really capable of physically hurting anyone.  What I think you are talking about is competition systems.  This is no different than people souping up their old hot rods.  They do it because it is a hobby, and it is also interesting to them, and some people take it on as a challenge.  People build comp audio for the same reasons.  It is more than just the "boom factor".  A lot of custon installers go for how good a system looks just as much as it sounds.  I have no pity for those who get violations at residential areas at odd hours of the night.  I warn every customer about it when they leave.  I have had my "boom car" for five years now, and i haven't had any violations, or warnings.  Knowing when to turn the bass down separates pros and and the people that do not care about anyone.

Some of these systems that are capable of producing levels that can hurt you are not designed for that fact, they have been designed to push the limits of engineering and physics, to showcase a certain shops capabilities, to entertain crowds. It is one way that a manufacturer can improve their equipment in all aspect of design and engineering, not just to make things loud, but maybe make things sound better or not cost as much money. The vast majority of these systems are not designed for listening to. There is a drastic difference between an audio system designed to be listened to (sq) and an audio system designed to play excessivly loud (spl). I would wager that you are a person who enjoys their music and doesn't need to drive around and listen to things so loud that the whole neighbourhood can hear you, but nonetheless, if your favorite music happens to be playing, you might turn it up a little louder, this is not much different from a person who really enjoys music and plays it at a different level (where he / she annoys the neighbourhood). This is the person whom needs to be educated about listening to music at such an unsafe volume level, they will never recover their hearing, this I know all too well. As an owner of two stores I  do my best to educate a client on the potential of permanent hearing damage (supported by a statement on the receipt) , some of our customers hear what we say, others play their system how they like. In both of our countries that is a right that we have, it is called the freedom of choice. One person's right to silence is no greater or less than another persons right to make noise. There is a time and a place to enjoy your music and this is what should be addressed, but a blanket law that covers say an entire city is wide open for attack for a multutude of legal issues. My question to you, does the culture that dislikes audio at this level understand it or is their basis for attack based on the person who drives by their house?

Sound laws suck.  I got a ticket for playing two 6.5 off of the factory radio.  The popo said that he could hear it so he gave me a ticket.  Idiot should have been able to hear it since he was walking by my car.  You can hear a conversation in a car if you are walking by it with the windows down. 

I don't care for the sound laws at all.  I can ride a Harley around all day and they get off on it like it was a drug saying "boy it sounds good".  Turn your music up and that's noise.