Rude Awakening
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
United States
June 27, 2016 11:41am CST
There was lots of noise outside my home at 6:38 this morning. How do I know the precise time? It woke me up. I looked outside and saw three huge trucks parking on the street next to my home. Each was carrying a large piece of equipment. Sigh. Now what?
Lately I have seen an odd truck in my area. It showed up several times on different days. It was from the water company. So I waited until their phones opened at 8:00 am, and called. After doing some research, the agent on the phone assured me that they are not doing any work in my neighborhood.
It is now 9:30, and I know what is being done. The neighborhood that is tucked in behind mine is having work done on their street. I have seen the blacktop chewing up machinery. I am sure the neighbors knew, because this morning I saw all of their cars parked on my neighboring street, and not on their own property.
But no one felt the need to let us know, or to follow the law and start any noisy work after 7:00 am. It’s pretty loud out there now, so I will have to change my plans for the day. I had intended to finish my book this morning, but the distraction and mood altering racket makes this a bad idea.
Quiet time in residential areas of California is between 10:00 pm and 7:00 am, although they ignored it here this morning. What is quiet time where you live?
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Jun 16
A quiet time to have lunch? That is far too civilized for the U.S.
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@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
28 Jun 16
@JamesHxstatic @ElizabethWallace This is something I appreciate. Some people have a quick lunch and take a short nap before going to work.
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@JamesHxstatic (29237)
• Eugene, Oregon
28 Jun 16
How unusual to have a quiet lunch hour!
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jun 16
I live in SoCal and quiet time is a joke that goes unenforced. The cops consider noise complaints a nuisance and perhaps they might respond and even when they do, it's ineffective.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Jun 16
I have always had good responses when I have called to complain about noise, except when it was from the Verizon Center in Irvine.
@celticeagle (158683)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jun 16
Your neighborhood? Does the person you spoke to know the word 'noise' and how far it goes?
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@celticeagle (158683)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jun 16
@ElizabethWallace ...What an attitude.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Jun 16
When I spoke to the police in Irvine, they knew that I was calling from three cities away, but there was lots of money involved, so it didn't matter that the concert was keeping everyone awake past 11:00 pm in the middle of the work week.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
28 Jun 16
@celticeagle Cities need money, so this was one major way to get it. Sad.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Jun 16
Well, I am not holding my breath on that one. It is logical, so probably won't happen. 
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
27 Jun 16
I have no idea if we even have a quiet time. The road needed work done recently and they did all of that overnight while traffic was so low. So while I heard a lot of the noise, it was the perfect time to do it. Ambulances and fire trucks run all night long with different emergencies. I have no idea what keeps them so busy, but I hear them all times of the day and night. I haven't found much quiet time around here at all.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Jun 16
Quiet time applies to residential areas. It is part of real estate law. You have the right to quiet enjoyment of your home during nighttime hours. In a city, things are different. But emergency vehicles operate when necessary. Ambulances usually do not use their sirens at night in residential areas, just their lights.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
28 Jun 16
@ElizabethWallace I do hear the sirens at night when they are going and then I hear them shut off as they drive through the neighborhood. Being that my apartment building is in a neighborhood and yet on a main street, I hear it all. And when I'm up and sitting at my table, or sitting up in bed reading, I see the flashing lights go by when they have the sirens off.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Jun 16
Yikes, while you are trying to sleep? That is awful. So sorry.
@jayaramas (1353)
• Bangalore, India
27 Jun 16
we face such thing during bore well operation
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
27 Jun 16
Don't the workers sleep at night , like other people?
@Tampa_girl7 (48890)
• United States
28 Jun 16
Since we live in a rural area we have no restrictions. Generally it is extremely peaceful and quiet.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 16
Here in the UK it is between 11PM and 7AM. However at other times if there is too much noise then the environmental health officers can measure the noise levels and if it is excessing they can be issued warnings and fines!
@DeborahDiane (40044)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Jun 16
Yes, quiet time is the same here. I would also have been upset to have that happen before 7:00 a.m., too ... even though I am usually up at 6:30. Who wants all that noise first thing in the morning, though?
@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
28 Jun 16
The area is very nice. Don't you have flats system in California? The residential area is quite calm and houses are dissipated. In India, people are not feeling the beauty of life. They stay in Flats where neither the ground is theirs nor the roof. They just lock their doors and stay inside watching T.V or Computer. Occasionally, go outside. Again lock their doors and stay inside after coming back.
@JamesHxstatic (29237)
• Eugene, Oregon
28 Jun 16
In our little community, quiet time is from 10 PM to 8 PM.
@rina110383 (24495)
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27 Jun 16
It's usually quiet in my neighborhood from 11 pm - 5 am on weekdays. On weekends, it's peaceful for longer hours.
