db levels and noise polution

[muppetsport]

been having a problem getting my gti golf to start up, spent most of the night trying to start it and finally got it running about midnight, took it for the obligatory test run to check everything was well with it and it was except timing was out. so adjusted that and went for another run round the block.

when i got back and pulled onto the drive, my next door neighbour had come out, smaked my car and said he was going to lodge a complaint to the environment about the noise.

now, when my car was on the drive it was just ticking over, he shouted saying i was keeping everyone awake, and yet all other houses nearby, one closer than his were all asleep. its just the manner of some people, i mean im quite cheeky with people when i see theyre annoyed but there is a polite way of asking someone to be a bit quiter and not hit threre car(picture and report going to my insurance company and the police of the damage in the morning).

anybody know what the legal limit of noise is after 10pm or know of where i could find out this information??? if a car fitted with an e-marked exhuast system as pretty much all of them are these days is running after 10pm it cant be illegal. a siren from an ambulance is louder than my golf ticking over.

it just annoys me, petty f**kin neighbours. be nice and you can make things happen. thats my motto. when he was cutting his grass at 7am and i was on night shift trying to sleep i never complained and when he has had parties till after midnight ive never complained. nobody else that lives within 100 meters of my house has ever said anything and i used to drive a 16v nova with twin 48's and a 2.5' exhaust system, would wake the dead.

[kniterider]

dunno what the limit is i know i got done last year on my gsxr for havin a race can on , mind it was fackin loud!!, my mk2 it bloody loud on tickover with a standard exhaust but i wouldnt say it was anti social, but then again iif my kids were in bed i wouldnt be running at the sid eof my house!!!, i cant agree with the neighbour thing tho!!!, ive been on nights then at 8am when im trying to get to sleep the twit starts drilling or something!!

[muppetsport]

im trying to find all the levels that the government sets, but as usual there isnt any information available of the acceptable levels, means they can chage it when they want i guess just to get more folk done.

know what your saying, just coz you work nights and need to sleep through the day doesnt mean its any more of a hassle for someone using a drill than it is for a car to be ticking over on the driveway.

surely a car ticking over isnt illegal is it? i mean it has a back box on but is a lot quiter than my mates calibra turbo with std exhaust on. pety bastard, ive put together some info for him and numbers of places to phone about noise pollution and also a copy of the leter going to my insurance company about the big f**k off dint on the door. tomorrow night i be mostly playing heavy metal requests on the lectric guitar at 2am me thinks.

[kniterider]

if any1 ever damages my car theyll be in hospital!!! and ill be in the nick!!, insurance probably wont do out for ya self satisfaction allways works for me!!

[Helios_Blue_Valver]

im trying to find all the levels that the government sets, but as usual there isnt any information available of the acceptable levels, means they can chage it when they want i guess just to get more folk done.

know what your saying, just coz you work nights and need to sleep through the day doesnt mean its any more of a hassle for someone using a drill than it is for a car to be ticking over on the driveway.

surely a car ticking over isnt illegal is it? i mean it has a back box on but is a lot quiter than my mates calibra turbo with std exhaust on. pety bastard, ive put together some info for him and numbers of places to phone about noise pollution and also a copy of the leter going to my insurance company about the big f**k off dint on the door. tomorrow night i be mostly playing heavy metal requests on the lectric guitar at 2am me thinks.

If you have Power tab editor, I have a bunch of good metal tabs for guitar I can send you. Breadfan by Metallica is a good one that comes to mind. Usually I try to keep it down after 10pm as both my sproogs are asleep and I know I hate when they get woke up. Out of line him hitting your car though. Makes you wonder how he would feel if you went and did the same to him. I wonder if he will be around your place to apologise in the morning.

[VR6Chick]

The law states no un nessesary noise between 11pm and 7am and that includes beeping your horn.

The bloke next door is clever and drills till 10.45pm. Flippin annoying but legal. He then had the cheek to moan at us for doing our kitchen at 9am on a Saturday. So we did it on the Sunday too just to piss him off  

Just hard as they have no kids and sleep in. They workd 9am till 5pm. Hubby works till midnight. We are up at 8am (which I dont think is very early) and they get annoyed??? Get up you lazy sh*ts        

Try looking up CAB (citizens advice) as it has some stuff on there about neighbour disputes. Good luck. Sam xxxx

[muppetsport]

no sign of him appologising yet. the dent in the door is pretty bad actually now that ive seen it in day light. phoned the police up nd they are going to send somebody roud by the end of the week (fat chance lazy bastards and we pay their wages). i hope he has a look at what he has done and feels a bit stupid

8916vgti, yeah man metallica would do the trick, only got the ace of spades tab so far, will go on a hunt for some more after the football (which will be played at earth shattering volume on my old mans home cinema set up)

once the old bastard goes out tis morning, he parks his car in a layby outside my house, but has a drive that he nevrer uses, so im going to occupy the layby with all of my cars so he cant park there, that usually winds him up.

i havent set about such battle plans since i was in nam.

[Blue MK2]

There is no limit. just a human limit. If your exhaust is blowing then its causing that loud noise.

To be even more cheeky i would make a few other claims if you know wat i mean

[Golfgal]

I wouldn't if I were you!

You need to remain polite to him or even better ignore him completely. Make your claim and leave it at that.

If he does make a serious, which I very much doubt, claim then an enviornmental health officer may come and visit. If they believe that you are creating a nuisance then the authority will serve an abatement notice on you. This will tell you to stop it or you'll be given heavy fines.

If you wind him up enough he could take his own action through section 82 of Environmental Protection Act 1990 - but unless he really hates you then this will be costly for him! He's lost all chances of a legal battle anyway as he's damaged your property......

Dunno if thats any use to you???  

[Overseer]

environmental health would only do something if you were doing this every night of the week regularly... a friend of mine had a lot of trouble a while back, she lived in a flat and the person in the flat below moaned about all sorts... but they couldnt ever do anything.

the fact he's done damage on a one of occasion is very bad for him, plus you can have him for criminal damage... guy must be an idiot.