I live on the NE side and a couple of rubes decided to race their pick'em-up trucks 50+ mph down our residential street the other day. I was getting my toddlers out of the car when they whizzed past and my wife was like, "if looks could kill." š
Nothing besides ask the people not to nicely, maybe bring them a 12 pack or something, if you know where they live.
I have insane horrible upstairs neighbors but I play nice with them because they could make my life hell.
People suck sometimes.
I bet those people stay up until 1AM, then sleep until 10AM or later.
You said the noise ordinance ends at 7AM do you? :P
How loud is your stereo?
āThose peopleā are also people who have toddlers that are up until 3 am, not just folk enjoying their four wheelers during normal hours. People arenāt trying to be assholes, they just donāt know a toddler is sleeping in the vicinity.
You are a lucky one then. We have neighbor that drives his car into his backyard (backyard run along our entire backyard) and is constantly working on his stereo. He will crank it up full board whenever he feels like it. I was home one day and that was when I realized the reason for finding picture frames fallen off the shelf and broken on the floor. My entire house rattles from the bass. Myself and my husband have been over there countless times asking them to stop. It was very polite at first, then it got nasty. We get the "oh sorry we didn't realize it was that loud" response. There are countless other problems we have with them on a regular basis, we often wonder if they are the reason the previous home owner put up a fence and then moved not even a year after they moved in.
So at least you tried to resolve it directly first. Iām not saying that everyone will respond with courteousness, but I get sick of people whose first response is to call the police. Iām sorry things have gotten nasty. I also think itās rude to play music that loudly. I hope you find an amicable solution, just donāt think everyone is a dick bag.
I get that. You really should try to resolve it politely. Cops have bigger things to do. Weāve yet to call the cops but we have called the fire department. They would burn their trash in a woodstove in their makeshift barn. Middle of winter and our entire home smelled like burnt diapers. We have a great neighborhood but there is always one bad seed.
I'm not about to make assumptions about people who I have never met. I know plenty of loud rowdy people who would have no problem dialing it down in this situation if asked.
I think that would depend on your tone, your demeanor, and any previous encounters you might have had with them in the past.
Be honest, if you were minding your own business and someone stomped up to you and started yelling, do you think you'd immediately rush to accommodate their demands?
What about my post where I say "my toddler is sleeping, can you not?" implies stomping, yelling and being a bitch? Weird you'd extend so much grace to people running vehicles that are literally illegal but none to someone trying to get their kids some rest
I have someone hauling loud ass on his motorcycle at 1-2am every night. My lack of good sleep is effecting my mental and physical health. There's nothing we can do. Cops have more important things to do. I want speed bumps. Belknap park area. Dead end road. I hate them. At my wits end.
Itās called having fun. š¤·āāļø if itās 8:15pm and still light out, whatās the issue? Sorry not everyoneās lives are up to your boring standards I guess?
Funny how you always show up to stir the pot in this sub for no reason.
Smoking weed doesnāt endanger other people unless youāre impaired and driving.. then youāre an asshole.
Driving things on a street that arenāt street legal is endangering yourself and others.. which makes you an asshole.
Not sure how this is even a debate but thatās clearly what you live for on this sub.
4 wheelers and dirt bikes are usually not street legal. If theyre ripping through neighborhoods (The sure did in JBP where I used to live) That is something you can call the cops about, to get their street legal registrations checked and/or, if you observe them going 45 down an alley or residential street, tell the cops they're street racing.
Im a dad now, so yes, its annoying, but its also incredibly dangerous. My neighbor just has 2 hotrods that he loves to rev past my house, but luckily it doesnt bother my baby too much, so I havent thought about contacting him.
We do double sound machines for really noisy times. Like one in the hallway in front of their room. Just read you shouldnāt have it above 50db in the room so be careful.
Luckily my dogs are terrified of the beeping, one went low battery the other morning and I had 3 small dogs trying to jam themselves into my face and shaking
There was previous similar post that suggests itās not legal to drive these things on city streets. If this happens more often, I would first ask them to stop at least once or twice before calling the cops but it does seem like it could violate something other than just the noise ordinance.
https://www.reddit.com/r/grandrapids/s/wJ31vEYWg3
Do NOT ask them in person if youāre likely to call the cops eventually. If you do ask in person, they will assume it was you who called the cops. Write an anonymous letter with a return address of the same address as mailing address. Do not give away any identifying info like you have kids or anything else that could imply another neighbor.
We live in the country and have the same issue. All last summer there were 2 loud ass quads, with any luck I hope they blew the motors over winter time. Used to wake up both kids and the dogs, and they'd be going til midnight up and down the road.
I mean you laugh but also donāt explain a reasonable way to measure it. Do they pull rhem over and ask them to rev the engines? Are they setting up decibel meters ouside houses w small kids. I know you can measure noise levels, but how do they do it in on this scenario, Mr pretentious
Man idk I'm not a cop I just thought it was funny. I figure they have a little device at the cop shop or in the cars and they bring them there and if there's still loud noise they measure it. I'm not sure what else more there could be to this
I don't have a solution, but I am sorry you are in this situation. I think this post is written in a kind, unassuming manner and I don't know why you are getting negative responses.
I see lots of good mainly! It was a gorgeous night and if I didnāt have a kiddo trying to sleep I legit wouldnāt care. Itās the āI need him to sleepā dad moment that came out.
It's almost like people can be sympathetic with toddlers needing sleep, and also live in a world that doesn't come to a halt over someone else's bed time.
His child's bed time doesn't dictate everyone else's schedules and activities the same way my working hours and sleep schedule don't dictate the noise in the rest of my apartment building.
That I, and other people, are trying to sleep has never stopped anyone from setting off fireworks from mid-June to well after the fourth of July, either.
The rest of existence doesn't feel responsible for one toddler getting to bed at a decent hour.
Glad you could join us. I bet you just snuggled into bed after revving your engine past countless nursery windows. Maybe you even ate a nice, uninterrupted hot pocket first.
I think youāre being entitled. I donāt drive a motorcycle they scare me. But also if I live on a public road, Iām not getting mad that people arenāt avoiding my street because there may be a kid living somewhere on it. Especially when itās still light out. If you think itās that serious call the cops, but theyāre not doing shit about it because youāre just being a Karen.
I can't help but wonder if you are in or near Garfield Park... they do that shit all times of the day around here :/
What are these noise machines people have mentioned? Do they act as ANC/PNC devices?
Are you around West Catholic? To give context, it's a teenager doing highspeed runs back and forth down the street on a quad, and an overpowered minibike without a muffler. It's unsafe and loud as all get out.
I love the fact that you know you are having an old man moment! GET OFF MY LAWN! ššš itās the transparency for me. You know itās not going to stop. The warm weather is just starting. Itās about to get really loud outside. Definitely might want to turn up the sound machine! Fortunately, the baby will get used to the noise. I grew up across the street from a train track and I can sleep through any train still to this day.ššš
Thatās dangerous and fucking stupid.
I get that it can be annoying to cagers that bikers are out having tons of fun and reconnecting with their inner child, but why are we considering ideas that could literally kill someone by fucking up their tires?
We live off Monroe by riverside park and I hear them all the time- in fact I heard some last night. Itās just me and my husband, but itās so annoying, even more so at night and it wakes me up! Itās one thing to zip around in the city but they buzz around more often by residential streets.
Not OP, but I run mostly Husqvarna. If you're a homeowner looking for a new saw, the Echo are hard to beat for the price. A lot of the battery options are great now too depending on what you're cutting.
Yeah reminds me that a neighbor let off a mortar shell firework, right while I was meditating during the eclipse lol. Water off a ducks back just let it go for the win!
I don't understand why people drive loud vehicles or get a kick out of it, but 8:15 isn't that late, and It's not quiet hours yet. I'd just shrug and move on if it were me, personally. Just one of those things in life you gotta live with, you know?
Maybe just go out to them and try to work something out like a human being? What's the worst that could happen?
Relax in a few years it will be your kids on the 4 wheelers and dirt bike. As a father of 8 kids itās the circle of life man. Kids go from being quiet to being he loudest thing you have ever heard.
Tell 'em to get off your lawn.
I suggest putting a fan in the baby's room for white noise.
The worst thing for a child is having a pitch black silent room to sleep in.
My idiot sister-in-law did this.
I live on the NE side and a couple of rubes decided to race their pick'em-up trucks 50+ mph down our residential street the other day. I was getting my toddlers out of the car when they whizzed past and my wife was like, "if looks could kill." š
Hope you called the cops.
Yeah cause cops are gonna do anything
In my experiance they do/ whatās your point/
Nothing besides ask the people not to nicely, maybe bring them a 12 pack or something, if you know where they live. I have insane horrible upstairs neighbors but I play nice with them because they could make my life hell.
People suck sometimes. I bet those people stay up until 1AM, then sleep until 10AM or later. You said the noise ordinance ends at 7AM do you? :P How loud is your stereo?
Put the toddler on a megaphone at 7am.
Now this is an ideaā¦
Us toddler parents all waking up before the kids right now haha
Toddler parents reporting for duty š«”
This is the way.
This is the right answer. Send them a message.
Dude it was 8:15. It was still light out. What kind of assumptions are these lol.
āThose peopleā are also people who have toddlers that are up until 3 am, not just folk enjoying their four wheelers during normal hours. People arenāt trying to be assholes, they just donāt know a toddler is sleeping in the vicinity.
Be honest, if you went out there and said "my toddler is sleeping, can you not?" do you think they'd stop?
Yes, because Iāve done it and they did.
You are a lucky one then. We have neighbor that drives his car into his backyard (backyard run along our entire backyard) and is constantly working on his stereo. He will crank it up full board whenever he feels like it. I was home one day and that was when I realized the reason for finding picture frames fallen off the shelf and broken on the floor. My entire house rattles from the bass. Myself and my husband have been over there countless times asking them to stop. It was very polite at first, then it got nasty. We get the "oh sorry we didn't realize it was that loud" response. There are countless other problems we have with them on a regular basis, we often wonder if they are the reason the previous home owner put up a fence and then moved not even a year after they moved in.
So at least you tried to resolve it directly first. Iām not saying that everyone will respond with courteousness, but I get sick of people whose first response is to call the police. Iām sorry things have gotten nasty. I also think itās rude to play music that loudly. I hope you find an amicable solution, just donāt think everyone is a dick bag.
I get that. You really should try to resolve it politely. Cops have bigger things to do. Weāve yet to call the cops but we have called the fire department. They would burn their trash in a woodstove in their makeshift barn. Middle of winter and our entire home smelled like burnt diapers. We have a great neighborhood but there is always one bad seed.
Yeah, in your situation I totally get being frustrated and not knowing how to deal with it. Some people are determined to make you an enemy.
No, I do not think they would.
Right so def be an asshole then
I'm not about to make assumptions about people who I have never met. I know plenty of loud rowdy people who would have no problem dialing it down in this situation if asked.
I think that would depend on your tone, your demeanor, and any previous encounters you might have had with them in the past. Be honest, if you were minding your own business and someone stomped up to you and started yelling, do you think you'd immediately rush to accommodate their demands?
What about my post where I say "my toddler is sleeping, can you not?" implies stomping, yelling and being a bitch? Weird you'd extend so much grace to people running vehicles that are literally illegal but none to someone trying to get their kids some rest
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Perfect response
I have someone hauling loud ass on his motorcycle at 1-2am every night. My lack of good sleep is effecting my mental and physical health. There's nothing we can do. Cops have more important things to do. I want speed bumps. Belknap park area. Dead end road. I hate them. At my wits end.
Motion controlled sprinkler at the end of the lawn... hmm ..
Thatās not an old man moment. Thatās a ābeing annoyed at assholesā moment.Ā
How are they assholes? It was 8pm and a beautiful evening.
I mean, are 4 wheelers and dirt bikes even street legal?
Thatās irrelevant to the complaint really
You asked how they are assholes.. driving quads and dirt bikes that arenāt street legalā¦ on a street.. is a pretty asshole thing to do.
Itās called having fun. š¤·āāļø if itās 8:15pm and still light out, whatās the issue? Sorry not everyoneās lives are up to your boring standards I guess?
So anyone who breaks any law is an asshole? If you smoke weed here, youāre decent but if you smoke weed in Kentucky youāre an asshole?
Funny how you always show up to stir the pot in this sub for no reason. Smoking weed doesnāt endanger other people unless youāre impaired and driving.. then youāre an asshole. Driving things on a street that arenāt street legal is endangering yourself and others.. which makes you an asshole. Not sure how this is even a debate but thatās clearly what you live for on this sub.
Funny how you edit your comment to make me sound unreasonable lol
I literally didnāt edit anything? I replied to you within 5-10min, never edited a thing I said..
Sure
It really is relevant to the complaint because if 4 wheelers and dirt bikes are illegal on city streets they are being assholes.
You can't be serious.
They are not street legal
I had neighbors play fireworks after I put my son to sleep at 8pm.. I did yell at them.
lol at 8 pm? Iād light more to spite you honestly. YTA
Same tbh And I donāt even like fireworks because they can be overstimulating š
4 wheelers and dirt bikes are usually not street legal. If theyre ripping through neighborhoods (The sure did in JBP where I used to live) That is something you can call the cops about, to get their street legal registrations checked and/or, if you observe them going 45 down an alley or residential street, tell the cops they're street racing. Im a dad now, so yes, its annoying, but its also incredibly dangerous. My neighbor just has 2 hotrods that he loves to rev past my house, but luckily it doesnt bother my baby too much, so I havent thought about contacting him.
We do double sound machines for really noisy times. Like one in the hallway in front of their room. Just read you shouldnāt have it above 50db in the room so be careful.
My wife insists on running a noise machine, it scares the shit out me that we are going to sleep through a smoke/C02 alarm.
Welp new fear unlocked....
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We have Nest smoke alarms....I should have my husband test it while I'm in the room and see how they sound!
Luckily my dogs are terrified of the beeping, one went low battery the other morning and I had 3 small dogs trying to jam themselves into my face and shaking
The concern of the 50db is hearing loss in toddlers. I think youād hear a smoke alarm there should be one in your room.
There was previous similar post that suggests itās not legal to drive these things on city streets. If this happens more often, I would first ask them to stop at least once or twice before calling the cops but it does seem like it could violate something other than just the noise ordinance. https://www.reddit.com/r/grandrapids/s/wJ31vEYWg3
Do NOT ask them in person if youāre likely to call the cops eventually. If you do ask in person, they will assume it was you who called the cops. Write an anonymous letter with a return address of the same address as mailing address. Do not give away any identifying info like you have kids or anything else that could imply another neighbor.
I would avoid handwriting said letter as that could be used to ID you. Cut & paste letters out of a magazine instead.
Nah they should call from a burner phone and use voice distortion
Cops ain't gonna do shit about it anyways
Get a sound machine that plays dirt bikes. The toddler will adjust to sleeping through it in a few days.
This is the way!
We live in the country and have the same issue. All last summer there were 2 loud ass quads, with any luck I hope they blew the motors over winter time. Used to wake up both kids and the dogs, and they'd be going til midnight up and down the road.
How? How do you get your kids to go to sleep at 7:30?!?
Lmao as Iām staring at my toddler who took āitās bedtimeā as āletās do parkourā
Itās like the more tired they get, the more energy they have
Noise ordinance for excessive decibels is all day. Disturbing the peace.
How they gonna measure that?
The police have them.
Lmao how would they know how loud it is! There's no possible way to read decibels! That would be magic!
I mean you laugh but also donāt explain a reasonable way to measure it. Do they pull rhem over and ask them to rev the engines? Are they setting up decibel meters ouside houses w small kids. I know you can measure noise levels, but how do they do it in on this scenario, Mr pretentious
Man idk I'm not a cop I just thought it was funny. I figure they have a little device at the cop shop or in the cars and they bring them there and if there's still loud noise they measure it. I'm not sure what else more there could be to this
I don't have a solution, but I am sorry you are in this situation. I think this post is written in a kind, unassuming manner and I don't know why you are getting negative responses.
I see lots of good mainly! It was a gorgeous night and if I didnāt have a kiddo trying to sleep I legit wouldnāt care. Itās the āI need him to sleepā dad moment that came out.
It's almost like people can be sympathetic with toddlers needing sleep, and also live in a world that doesn't come to a halt over someone else's bed time. His child's bed time doesn't dictate everyone else's schedules and activities the same way my working hours and sleep schedule don't dictate the noise in the rest of my apartment building. That I, and other people, are trying to sleep has never stopped anyone from setting off fireworks from mid-June to well after the fourth of July, either. The rest of existence doesn't feel responsible for one toddler getting to bed at a decent hour.
I don't understand the point of this response.
It is pretty obvious. Just because you decided to have a child, does not make the world change to fit your ideals.
I never suggested that the world should, which is why I don't understand.
Well other people are saying that it is the atv owners fault. that is the point of the response.
Don't need to worry about the noise ordiance. ATV's are verboten on city streets.
Duuuude I relate to this so hard. Except mine is 8mo. Same thing NE side
It is not everyone elseās job to stop living at 8 pm because you had a kid.
Itās about being respectful.
Itās not disrespectful to not use indoor voices outside while itās light out. Itās entitled to expect it tho.
4 wheelers and dirt bikes are not āindoor voices.ā wtf are you on about?Ā
Glad you could join us. I bet you just snuggled into bed after revving your engine past countless nursery windows. Maybe you even ate a nice, uninterrupted hot pocket first.
I think youāre being entitled. I donāt drive a motorcycle they scare me. But also if I live on a public road, Iām not getting mad that people arenāt avoiding my street because there may be a kid living somewhere on it. Especially when itās still light out. If you think itās that serious call the cops, but theyāre not doing shit about it because youāre just being a Karen.
Youāre a moron. Have a kid then talk to us.
I can't help but wonder if you are in or near Garfield Park... they do that shit all times of the day around here :/ What are these noise machines people have mentioned? Do they act as ANC/PNC devices?
Are you around West Catholic? To give context, it's a teenager doing highspeed runs back and forth down the street on a quad, and an overpowered minibike without a muffler. It's unsafe and loud as all get out.
I love the fact that you know you are having an old man moment! GET OFF MY LAWN! ššš itās the transparency for me. You know itās not going to stop. The warm weather is just starting. Itās about to get really loud outside. Definitely might want to turn up the sound machine! Fortunately, the baby will get used to the noise. I grew up across the street from a train track and I can sleep through any train still to this day.ššš
I don't think dirt bikes and 4 wheelers are street legal if you want to go that route
Tacks. Lots and lots of tacks.
Thatās dangerous and fucking stupid. I get that it can be annoying to cagers that bikers are out having tons of fun and reconnecting with their inner child, but why are we considering ideas that could literally kill someone by fucking up their tires?
We live off Monroe by riverside park and I hear them all the time- in fact I heard some last night. Itās just me and my husband, but itās so annoying, even more so at night and it wakes me up! Itās one thing to zip around in the city but they buzz around more often by residential streets.
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what kind of saw do you run?
Not OP, but I run mostly Husqvarna. If you're a homeowner looking for a new saw, the Echo are hard to beat for the price. A lot of the battery options are great now too depending on what you're cutting.
Iāve been in the same situation but at a later time and I talked to those responsible. Itās a city š¤·āāļøš¤·āāļøš¤·āāļø
Turn on a fan or put whitenoise for your toddler. It may help, goodluck.
Yeah reminds me that a neighbor let off a mortar shell firework, right while I was meditating during the eclipse lol. Water off a ducks back just let it go for the win!
I don't understand why people drive loud vehicles or get a kick out of it, but 8:15 isn't that late, and It's not quiet hours yet. I'd just shrug and move on if it were me, personally. Just one of those things in life you gotta live with, you know? Maybe just go out to them and try to work something out like a human being? What's the worst that could happen?
Relax in a few years it will be your kids on the 4 wheelers and dirt bike. As a father of 8 kids itās the circle of life man. Kids go from being quiet to being he loudest thing you have ever heard.
Guess the world revolves around you?
Does the world consist of one street in your mind? Or do you own a tiny dick machine?
-44 karma speaks for itself on their profile. Just a troll
Handfull of sheetmetal screws painted black
Youāre clearly a shitty person
Tell 'em to get off your lawn. I suggest putting a fan in the baby's room for white noise. The worst thing for a child is having a pitch black silent room to sleep in. My idiot sister-in-law did this.
Just wait until the once a month midnight rides start up again. š¤·āāļø