Is the music REALLY that annoying? Doesn't bother me...
But in Dearborn Heights, after complaints from anonymous residents, city leaders are looking to silence the ice cream man, saying the nursery rhymes from trucks are too noisy.On Tuesday, the City Council is expected to adopt an ordinance that will allow ice cream vendors to ring bells only while they are selling their goods.
Using loud music on the trucks to attract ice cream lovers has been a point of contention in many communities in Metro Detroit.
And it's not isolated in Michigan...
Wilmington City Councilman Samuel Prado is getting an ice cream headache from those mobile vendors who blare tunes from their trucks.
He says some ice cream trucks are roaming neighborhoods and blaring their jingles at 11 p.m., while people are trying to sleep.
Prado say it happens every summer and he intends to keep making his own noise about the situation at council meetings until something gets down.
The city has a law that requires ice cream truck drivers to stop the music when they pull over to make a sale, and to refrain from using music after 9 p.m. Prado says he wants to know how the city will enforce the law.
Grumpy.