Washington law leaves it up to local governments to regulate how loud a car stereo can be. Ahmet Yarali Getty Images/iStockphoto Driving with the windows down and music playing is a summer tradition.

“Honk If You Love Quiet” (April 22) rightly points out that noise pollution is a growing problem. As one who has suffered a partial hearing loss, I have grown especially agitated with many of the ...

Acting Leominster Police Chief Aaron Kennedy was out with his wife downtown recently when a car came around the corner blasting music. “The woofer was significant,” Kennedy said. “I couldn’t even tell ...

Starting next month, police in Florida will be empowered to stop and ticket more drivers for playing their car stereos too loud. “It’s a pretext to pull people over for other reasons,” Richard ...

Unless you’re some sort of monster, or are trying to diagnose a weird noise, no one likes to ride in a car in utter silence. It’s unnerving and wrong, which is why automakers have #blessed us with rad ...