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Beaumont TX cops to pop noisy motorists
By:
05/23/2006
Beaumont police will begin a summer crackdown on people who have the volume
of their car stereo up too loud, the department said today.
Beginning Friday, extra officers will be out in marked and unmarked vehicles
targeting vehicles that violate the city's loud noise ordinance.
According to the ordinance, tickets
can be issued if noise can be heard at a
distance of 50 feet or more from a building or vehicle. Words and phrases
need not be distinguishable and bass reverberations are sufficient, police
said.
The department said offenders will
be immediately ticketed, with fines of up
to $150.