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Article #2388Re: Snow Removal and Air Horns - Disturbing the Peace?
From: guess who
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:46
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:46
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<angry@montreal.muc> wrote in message news:3a952652.8203756@news1.qc.sympatico.ca... > 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. Sure, tow the cars right away but how is the tow truck going to get there without the plows??? Otherwise, would you prefer the road not be plowed because no cars are parked there? Use some common sense.
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