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Since the last 24 hours have had nothing but troll posts (and one that a user deleted; dunno what that one was), here's my latest gripe / reason I'm tired shaped into the form of an Unpopular Opinion. Hopefully this gets us back on track.

Nobody is impressed by you revving your engine at a stop light and cranking out 300 dB of noise from your fart cannon at 3 in the morning (or any time of day, for that matter). There is also no reason to peel out from the stop light when the next light is 2 blocks away and guaranteed to be red. e.g. We left the first red light at the same time. I drove normally, you like an asshole, and we both stopped at the next light all the same.

Driving an (intentionally) obnoxiously loud vehicle, especially driving it aggressively, should result in immediate revocation of license and the offending vehicle crushed into a cube. As much as I hate vague "disturbing the peace" laws, this seems like a good use for them (where noise ordinances don't exist).

I don't care about the extra 1-2 HP you get. Do tell me all the (street legal) things your pavement princess of a truck is going to do with that (I can see it has neither the tow package nor a speck of dirt on the tires). If you just like the sound and think I should get over it, allow me to come fart near you. If you don't like the smell, by your logic, that's on you: get over it.

Note: It may be a regional thing, but this is definitely an unpopular opinion in my (very redneck) area.

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[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Addendum: Rolling Coal should be an immediate bitch slap and some jail time being force fed Vegan meals while blasted with Enya.

[–] shani66@ani.social 12 points 7 months ago

And let's not forget headlights at night. If you can blind someone your lights should be illegal, even worse if you need your truck to overcompensate and keep them at eye level.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Enya.

Settle down, Satan.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 8 points 7 months ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time!

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 7 months ago

Harsh but fair!

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[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I live just off a road that has illegal street racers 3-5 times a week from 11 pm to 2 am. Hard agree.

[–] blackwateropeth@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You must live south of Seattle because this is my exact experience lol.

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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That shit really needs heavier penalties

[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or any enforcement whatsoever. It happens so regularly all they would have to do is, like, try. Show up on a Friday at midnight and they'd get a guaranteed ticket if not arrest.

They put in some roundabouts to try to stop it but the street racers just keep destroying the center island. It's brand new and covered with tire marks and plastic debris from them bashing up their kits.

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[–] 33550336@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Of course – fully agreed that something has to be done. Civilized countries, like Netherlands have "sound traps" – if a vehicle is too loud, photo is taken as in speed photo traps, and penalty is sent to the owner. Sadly, I do not live in such a country.

[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

I would also accept rough sphere and pancake as shapes the car could be crushed into.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Modded motorcycles are super common around my region (Brazilian midwest), despite said "EXTRA LOUD" mod being illegal and the bikes being in impounded if they're caught.

Another thing that is even worse are sound cars (shit like in the image below). No idea how often they're a problem in other countries, but here, it's always fucking idiots parading their window-shaking bass in the middle of the night, or creating "parties" in front of liquor stores or friends' houses during the fucking week. These, unlike those bike mods, are not illegal.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Damn, I have never seen a car like the one you shared a picture of before. That's wacky!

Subwoofers in cars were really popular in California in the 90's, but I rarely see them any more.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The crusher will take care of the speakers, too.

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[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 23 points 7 months ago

Crushing a vehicle because it's loud is stupid and waste of resources. In a civilized country it would simply fail inspection and you'd have to make it not-loud in order to get it registered again.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

IMO behavior like this is a symptom of a larger problem.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 7 months ago

Oh, it definitely is IMO as well. At this point, I'd settle for just treating the symptoms. lol

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We left the first red light at the same time. I drove normally, you like an asshole, and we both stopped at the next light all the same.

Ah, but only one of you had any fun.

Your opinion is pretty popular. The unpopular opinion is thinking it's cool to be loud and drive aggressively.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People who drive aggressively don't do it to be cool unless they are teenagers

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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have a car with an aftermarket exhaust and intake. When I test drove it I had the windows down and made sure it wasn't loud. And it isn't, as long as I don't open the throttle up a lot and keep it under 3,500 rpm. My parents were concerned about it until I fired it up and my dad said "Oh, it just sounds like my old MG."

So you don't need to have noise to get a horsepower increase. You just need to do it correctly and think about someone other than yourself.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So you don't need to have noise to get a horsepower increase. You just need to do it correctly and think about someone other than yourself.

Yep. But that's not what I see, or rather, hear in the wild. Especially the thinking about others part. lol

I don't hate the sound of a good engine, but I've never heard an aftermarket kit that sounds good to me. It's like....the car is either built with it or it isn't.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I thought the same thing until I drove my car and then I realized what a difference it can make. This is what I have on my car along with the matching intake and I can confirm it sounds really nice. But, again, it's designed for better performance and not just more noise.

Plus I know that it's going to be louder, so I anticipate that and try to drive more quietly. Because I'm not a selfish asshole.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're one of the good ones. lol. You could teach the folks in my area.....lots.

And yeah, either they want the noise or think noise == power.

Plus, most people don't do the intake and just slap a cheap aftermarket kit on the back. So the exhaust can go out quicker, but it isn't taking in any more air, and just makes it sound terrible.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think California actually has vehicle noise laws for this lol.

tbh the obnoxiously loud cars are people who hacked off their muffler. Even the decats and pop+bang tunes aren't as loud as an uninterrupted stream of sound from the engine.

[–] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They do, but there is precisely zero enforcement.

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[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago
[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

I used to think loud trucks were cool, and then I turned 8.

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

I like cars and bikes, so I don’t mind some extra noise, but there’s definitely a limit. I’d also say that in any crowded area like a big city neighborhood I’d rather not see any cars, but if they have to be there they should be as quiet as possible.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just take their license. People being obnoxious is annoying but no need to waste the car

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Fair enough, but where's the fun in that? The vehicle needs to be at least restored to "factory defaults" at the owner's expense.

[–] frefi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

Yes, this

plz reduce, reuse, and recycle

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I hate them, too.

And the ones that sound like an asthmatic box fan about to die are just hilarious. Heard a mustang like that today.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Motorcycles, dirt bikes, four wheeler shitheads ride downtown (where I live) in my city every weekend. They takeover intersections and rev their engines. We call them "cool guys," because I joked to my partner that they aren't overcompensating for anything; they're obviously super cool, with big dicks, and happy lives.

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

No problems with that. Just don't forget to put the drivers license into the trash compactor, too.

[–] elrik@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Agree. I can only hope it gets less common as electric vehicles become more common. Although, I could also see them adding aftermarket noisemakers just to be obnoxious.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I agree, though as a blind person some level of noise is needed

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"You have 24 hours to move your car before it will be impounded.

"You have 24 hours to remove your car from impound before it will be crushed into a cube."

"You have 24 hours to move your cube."

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago

God I hate the stupid loud vehicles. And it almost always sounds like shit too.

Be funny if coal rollers had to strap a giant diaper to the back of their vehicle to identify them, since clearly their lifted douche-wagon struggles with incontinence.

I like aftermarket stereo equipment in a car (mostly just like the feel of bass going through me and sound quality improvements), myself, but I'm not an asshole about it, I just blast music on interstates, and keep it to conversational levels on normal roads. If you can hear it outside the car it's generally too loud anyway.

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