Blaring Music On A Car Stereo Can Get You Arrested In Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FL - If you enjoy blasting loud music from your car stereo, you might want avoid Miami Beach areas frequented by tourists. Miami Beach police will begin pulling over cars for loud music beginning this weekend.

And drivers who refuse to turn down the volume could be arrested, police say. The crackdown is part of an effort to address noise complaints. Miami Beach Police Chief Dan Oates told the City Commission this week that violators will be given one warning. The next violation will result in an arrest, Oates said.

The Miami Herald reports that a Miami-Dade County ordinance prohibiting cars from playing "unreasonably loud" music is already on the books, but violators were not being arrested, according to police.

"We're basically equipping our officers with tools to be able to address these quality of life issues which seem to be the biggest concern for our residents," Rodriguez told the Herald. "The goal is to have all of our officers citywide working and enforcing these types of violations and infractions."

The county ordinance says that noise that can be heard 100 feet from a vehicle is not allowed between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

To read the Miami Herald story, click here.

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