It is another mechanism of going after them. Members passed Assembly Bill 481, which would allow police to stop vehicles with sound amplification systems that are being heard more than 25 feet from the vehicle. Exceptions are made for emergency vehicles and for businesses, such as ice cream trucks that use sounds for advertising. With Assembly approval, the bill goes to the Senate for further hearings. Assemblywoman Vonne Chowning, D-North Las Vegas, proposed the bill because of complaints from constituents that their daily lives are disrupted by sounds coming from passing cars.
Radios are almost a thing of the past.
What we have is amplification systems that produce loud, low bass sounds. She said the sounds ruin the quality of life of people who live in densely populated urban areas. Chowning's district has a 74 percent Hispanic population. It is young people, old people, Caucasian folks. It is not just Hispanics.