Help: my neighbor is killing my music....

As a person that actually deals with people like this, why don't you go buy him a case of beer and talk to him about how much the idling is bothering you. The police are only going to upset him more. My guess is if you would have done this in the beginning, he would not leave his truck idling just to bug you.

Write a letter to everybody in local goverment with your complaint, by everybody I mean the Prosecuters office, Mayor, Police Chief, Senators, etc and make sure they all know you sent letters to the persons above them. This is FAR more effective than phone calls. No one likes complaints floating around in writing, phone calls are to common and won't get you anywhere. Also mention in your letter about going to the local news agency because of the lack of service. When the Police Chief gets a letter passed down from the Mayor saying ," take care of this" , it will be taken care of. Then make sure you follow up with your complaint. All the other suggestions are fine with the exception of the one about sugar in the tank and a big stick which could land you in jail yourself. Good luck, TG

Some good ideas here. I will try talking to him, but he is going to know that I am the guy that has already got him ticketed several times.

Prpixel, I could deal with the engine idling for 15 minutes or even a few hours, but I am talking about this guy starting his engine at 9pm and it goes and goes until maybe 5pm the next day. non-stop.

Here is the kicker, I like to listen near-field to my music and now that is impossible when my trucker friend is idling. Trying to listen to soft passages is not even worth trying. I am even thinking that I have "trained" myself to listen more acutely to sound and probably I have a more sensitive stand because of this.

People got to make a living and I don't want to cause this guy problems, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by leaving his engine going all night. If my other neighbors are bothered by it, they are the kind that will grin and bear it. My neighbor to the right is an older gent that I know would never say a world about anything.

On the bright side, my idling neighbor tends to be out of town or away during most of the week, so for now, it is quiet...AAAAAAHHHHHH, that's nice.

Be careful talking to him, he might punch you in the nose after he puts two and two together. You should have done that (talked) back in the beginning when it first started.

Good luck,

I'd like to add to what I wrote earlier this a.m.

Although having a talk w/this fellow seems like it could possibly work out, if it doesn't & there's subsequent enforcement, guess who he's going to remember as having a problem w/his truck? Unfortunately, one of the worst human traits is being vindictive, so since the cycle of complaints has already started, I would keep trying to use the system for now.

I owned my own truck for 10 yrs. & parked it right in my driveway w/o problems from my neighbors & wouldn't want an idling truck across the street from me either. If it doesn't have a reefer unit, I don't understand why this fellow lets his truck idle all the time, although I have a few ideas. Engine wear isn't a consideration, although if I were stopping for 10 minutes or so, I wouldn't shut the engine off.

Regardless of who owns the truck, it should have a name on it somewhere along with a DOT number, although some states don't require a US DOT number if the truck is only used for intrastate purposes. Even with that, there should be some kind of identifying # and if used for interstate travel, should have an IFTA sticker.

I'm mentioning all this because I know CA is very interested in collecting fuel tax money from every truck on the highway, so if it doesn't have the necessary permits, there are some state agencies who would be very interested in this truck.

Several yrs. ago I had some neighbors (actually I prefer to just say the people next door) who disrupted the tranquility of our area for an entire year. I, along with other neighbors, used "the system" and eventually were able to force the homeowner, who was renting, to sell his property. I came very close to doing something I'd still be paying for if I used alternative methods, although if it happened again, I'm not sure how I'd react.

Bottom line is you can prevail, although it may take some effort on your part.