On a recent Friday night, while entertaining a friend on his birthday in a popular restaurant in Carlsbad, a vehicle with an illegal or no muffler roared away from a traffic light and halted our conversation midsentence — I mean scary loud. And motorcycles roar away for the lights frequently.
Do the police officers in Carlsbad all wear noise-canceling headphones? Are there no enforceable noise abatement laws in this community? The community also has the distraction from Coaster and Amtrak trains sounding their horns at multiple crossings all day long. And there’s a significant lack of parking downtown.
Sad to experience these issues in a community which has so much to offer. Carlsbad could be even more enjoyable if it were to address these issues.
— J.F. Dickey, Oceanside
