Music Blaring From Vehicles Could Get St. Pete Drivers Tickets Soon

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Drivers in St. Petersburg could soon get pulled over and ticketed for playing music too loudly from a vehicle.

A new noise ordinance law, Florida Statute 316.3045, goes into effect July 1 targeting the sound from a radio, tape player or device in a vehicle.

If the sound is audible at a distance of 25 feet or more from the vehicle, it's too loud, the law says.

The volume is also considered too high if the music is louder than the necessary volume level for the convenient hearing by people inside the vehicles in areas adjoining churches, schools or hospitals, the Florida Statute website said.

St. Petersburg police information officer Yolanda Fernandez told Patch that the department's officers would enforce noise violations from vehicles under the new state law while continuing to enforce violations under the city noise ordinance.

"Our legal department is sending officers a legal memo explaining the new statute," Fernandez said.

Tickets for the new sound restriction are a nonmoving violation that carries no points against your drivers license.