Florida Supreme Court strikes down loud car stereo law

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The Florida Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state law banning emitting sound that is "plainly audible" at 25 feet or more from vehicles.

The court ruled "we find that the statute is an unreasonable restriction on First Amendment rights" and "the statute is unconstitutionally overbroad because it restricts the freedom of expression in a manner more intrusive than necessary"

You can read the courts opinion here:

No. SC11-1166

http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2012/sc11-1166.pdf

I got a loud music ticket in Georgia and am in the process with the ACLU of challenging this same statute here

 
Excellent.You're still a douche.
This.

They will just rewrite the laws to make them fit the ruling. The laws are needed, I was in a gas station the other day, a kid pulls up in his mustang and came in with his stereo still cranked out in the parking lot. He was in there for over 10 minutes. ********* like that and the ones that leave it cranked in residential areas(hint op) are the reasons these laws are around.

 
x2 They still need some sort of law in place. Not as strict as they currently are, but I sure don't want a bunch of dbags being able to play their POS systems full tilt anytime/anywhere....

 
It's not the strictness that bothers me as much as the vagueness and predisposition to ticket car stereos. I can roll through an industrial area with all kinds of noise with my stereo up and get a ticket, but the officer would have to yell over the outside ambient noise to tell me.

But I'm not sure what people expect though when they come on here and ask "how do I get heard 4 blocks away?", "I wantz da groundpoundz". Duh it's going to get attention and make people mad.

It's like everything else a little common sense and common courtesy would go a long way, but as the op so clearly showed in his first thread both are severely lacking in todays society.

 
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