Car noise driving you crazy?

Section 22-18 of the Monterey City Code prohibits "anyone from allowing, causing or permitting repeated or persistent emission of any noise produced by any person, animal, fowl, or through mechanical means which by nature of its raucous nature habitually disturbs the peace and quiet of any person. "

CALIFORNIA CODES

VEHICLE CODE SECTION 27000-27007

27007. No driver of a vehicle shall operate, or permit the operation of, any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 50 or more feet when the vehicle is being operated upon a highway, unless that system is being operated to request assistance or warn of a hazardous situation.

This section does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or vehicles operated by gas, electric, communications, or water utilities. This section does not apply to the sound systems of vehicles used for advertising, or in parades, political or other special events, except that the use of sound systems on those vehicles may be prohibited by a local authority by ordinance or resolution.

Finally, a great resource is the following link: The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse