Cars with loud music driving around at night were the single biggest reason why people called the police in Värmland and Dalarna during the summer. Now the police are calling for clearer legislation to stop the problem.
Angelica Lundqvist in Arvika is one of those affected by the high volume of sound from sound systems in cars circulating in Arvika in the evenings and nights.
– It sounds really bad. It shakes the floor, the balcony and the windows, she says.
For two summer months For example, the police in the Bergslagen region have received almost 600 calls regarding people who have felt disturbed by cars playing loud music at night and in the evenings. During that period, it was the most common reason for contacting the police.
Recently, two men were released in Säffle who were charged with harassing and annoying behavior after playing loud music. The district court justified the decision, among other things, by saying that as a resident of central Säffle, one should reasonably tolerate loud music for a very limited time on a Saturday night.
The group leader for the police investigation department ii Arvika Malin Hengärde believes that the problem is big but the police’s tools to act are limited. She wants to see another piece of legislation.
– Yes, partly that it will be a driver’s responsibility but also that there will be well-thought-out legislation on this problem. So it will be a quick effect where you get a fine on the spot, a quick penalty immediately.
And the sound volume around the cars is high. According to Anders Modén police in Dalarna, decibel numbers have been measured that were in class with the volume from a shot from a shotgun.
Also from a political point of view raised voices for a change in legislation to overcome the problem. The moderate Pål Jonsson, Member of Parliament from Arvika, has put a written question to the Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg whether the government is willing to change the legislation to stop the problem.
– The police have clearly signaled that they lack good and effective tools to deal with this problem with loud playing music from cars and then it comes to the need to change the legislation in some form. I do not think that people in the Government Offices are aware of this problem, but I can still say that there have been some positive signals in the last six months that make me a little more hopeful, says Pål Jonsson.
On Friday, Mikael Damberg will visit Arvika to talk to political representatives and the police authority about the problem.
Source: ICELAND NEWS