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"guess who" <victim@conspiracy.com> wrote in message
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> <angry@montreal.muc> wrote in message
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> > 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.
I misread the first post. The political response is the correct ont: get the
city to ban honking of the tow truck horns.