Car loud music = lose your licence?

[WelshBoyo]

Surely this can't be true, play loud music and lose your licence?

In an unrelated traffic incident on Saturday afternoon in the city, police stopped a young driver in a grey Mercedes after he drove round with music at an excessive volume. The 19-year-old Kosovan man explained to the police that he had a second job as a rapper and was unaware of the offence he was committing. Police subsequently confiscated his driving licence on the spot.

Taken from (second part of the article) - zug4you.ch

[randlemarcus]

Its in Switzerland. They have different rules over there, including the overriding principle of "you're an immigrant, do what the heck the rules say, or life will become v v difficult, v v quickly"

Fair one, IMHO.

[Soovy]

randlemarcus said:

Its in Switzerland. They have different rules over there, including the overriding principle of "you're an immigrant, do what the heck the rules say, or life will become v v difficult, v v quickly"

Fair one, IMHO.

This.

The Swiss have a very healthy attitiude to integration.

[RainerM]

Driving around "meaninlessly" and making loud exhaust- or music-bum-bum-"noises" is an offense overhere ;-)
How would that be in the UK?

Have a good week, all.

Rainer

[AndrewD]

RainerM said:

bum-bum-"noises" is an offense

Surprised Marcus still has his licence then

[WelshBoyo]

I'm sure I saw a white convertible Ferrari playing early Kylie hits loud on Saturday in the village, but no idea who that could have been

[phelix]

Soovy said:

randlemarcus said:

Its in Switzerland. They have different rules over there, including the overriding principle of "you're an immigrant, do what the heck the rules say, or life will become v v difficult, v v quickly"

Fair one, IMHO.

This.

The Swiss have a very healthy attitiude to integration.

Not much to do with integration - just a public order and anti-social behaviour issue in a densely populated area within a country that doesn't tolerate blatant transgressions. IMHO.

[AndrewD]

WelshBoyo said:

I'm sure I saw a white convertible Ferrari playing early Kylie hits loud on Saturday in the village, but no idea who that could have been

Not me, I was out on Sunday as it happens. Perhaps it was Marcus on one of his test drives

[marcusjames]

AndrewD said:

RainerM said:

bum-bum-"noises" is an offense

Surprised Marcus still has his licence then

Kettle, pot, black......

[AndrewD]

One handed driving an SV - heroic!

[marcusjames]

AndrewD said:

One handed driving an SV - heroic!

There's nothing heroic about what your other hand was doing. You need to stop getting turned on by cars and start respecting that your passengers don't want to be near you when you're doing "that".

[JMGS4]

Music too loud is an offence in Germany as well, although I haven't heard of any prosecutions.
1) Public nuisance offense and
2) Driving offense as you might not hear emergency services sirens etc
and you can lose your license or at least collect points for these!