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Re: Snow Removal and Air Horns - Disturbing the Peace?

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From: John McE
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:38
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:40:25 GMT, angry@montreal.muc wrote:

>
>This morning I was awoken at 6:20 AM by the honking/sirens of tow
>trucks preceding snow removal.  They passed twice, making an
>incredible noise for 5 to 10 minutes each time.  I can hear them
>approaching from at least a block away.
>
>I guess today I was lucky, because these trucks have passed before
>blasting their horns at 1:30 AM and 2:00 AM, which is totally
>unacceptable.  
>
>Waking up hundreds of people at that hour simply because 1 or 2 people
>have parked on the wrong side of the street is completely unfair.
>It's bad enough to have to hear this racket at 8:00 PM, but between
>11:00 PM and 9:00 AM?  Isn't there a law against this?
>
>It's now 9:30 AM and the snow is still on the street.  Basically, the
>whole block got a rude awakening this morning for no reason, because
>now that everyone is awake and off to work, all the cars are gone!
>
>I'd like to see these honking/siren trucks banned.  Isn't this called
>"disturbing the peace"?  And isn't disrupting hundreds of people in
>order to save a couple people a towing fee a bit medieval?  There has
>to be a better way.
 
 you should get the name of the people who are ignorant enough to park in those zones and sue them
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Subject: Re: Snow Removal and Air Horns - Disturbing the Peace?
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