Comments on: A Worse Punishment for Sisyphus: Policing Noise in a Metropolis

By: anna

anna — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:58:41 +0000

geez. Hope it’s a LOT quieter, Lefty!

By: lefty

lefty — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:08:48 +0000

why do drunk people have to always sing?

addition of a child sent us from n beach to glen park, but we’re still in the city, and we’ve got the $22,000 per year grade school tuition to prove it.

By: dkzody

dkzody — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:02:50 +0000

We sublet an apartment in SouthBeach during the summer, and most nights were very quiet. The only time we had a noise problem was when the garage across the street was being restriped and they did it during the night.

Berkeley is an interesting place. Somewhere around 1 a.m. everyone steps outside and screams for about 5 minutes.

By: anna

anna — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:53:17 +0000

Augh! I hate those guys. They are begging to be picked off by a driven-mad-by-noise-pollution sniper

By: David Fox

David Fox — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:27:37 +0000

Straight pipe motorcycles. augh! Why do their owners get a free ticket to ride and annoy thousands for their singular pleasure? If I drove blowing my horn at same decibel I would be pulled over for sure.
I’m investing in sound control windows and walls for my renovation…

By: anna

anna — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:24:56 +0000

Hey all- thanks for the comments!

Live Smart: I bet I can get that (and anything else lethal) on the internet! Seriously, it would be deeply satisfying to hear THAT noise.

Jan: I know! Do they not realize they may as well be wearing a neon sign that says as much?

Arrian: I agree. Thanks for putting it all in a way that caused me to laugh so hard, my drink came through me nose a little. Haha…oww!

By: Arrian B

Arrian B — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:27:39 +0000

Hi Anna Marie,

Really enjoyed your post. We deal with the car noise too here in Russian Hill. Because we’re surrounded by steep slopes and tourists in rented Mustangs and Chargers, we hear a bit of a different sound. They floor it at the bottom of the hill and loudly race to the top. And because there’s not much ambient noise around Russian Hill, it really stands out. I mean hey, it’s a rental car, right??

Three things always come to my mind:
1) Sounds like you just burned a gallon of gas going one block. Way to go, pal.
2) Are you actually having to slam on the brakes after going up some of the steepest slopes in the city? Another brilliant use of energy.
3) [Redneck voice on] Hey man, that thing got a Hemi? [Redneck voice off]

The best are the Harley’s at 2am on a weeknight. My absolute fav!!

Bottom line: I’ll still take city noise over quiet ‘burbs any day of the week.

By: jan

jan — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:28:00 +0000

I hate when people do that gunning their car or as alex mentioned motorcycle thing. so annoying. Those guys have little dicks for sure.

By: Live Smart

Live Smart — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:03:28 +0000

With respect to the annoying asshole who guns his car up and down your block — throw a few large nails on the street when he comes by so it’ll blow out a few of his tires. I wonder if they sell those strips with sharp metal spikes that cops use to disable cars.

By: Anna Marie Hibble

Anna Marie Hibble — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:03:34 +0000

Howdy, RQ: yes, indeed, I saw that citations can be issued to construction zones if their noise making exceeds the allowed decibel whatever the hell. The original Chron article has all the info.

By: RQ

RQ — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:58:14 +0000

great post. I don’t think SF has much chance of enforcing quiet, but I’d love it if we could see a curbing of construction noise.