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Fireworks

Homebird

What does anyone else think about fireworks? Often people talk about pets. I don't like the very loud ones. I think it must be very difficult for people who have lived in a war zone. I don't remember so many with loud bangs when I was a child, more a whoosh and colourful stars.

I think there could be a limit to the decibels fireworks created so they don't make you jump or traumatize people.

Parents

  • Yes yes yes! On all of those points! I sign a slew of petitions every year but nothing changes! I checked the law and they are allowed to be as loud as a thunderclap, which I think is too much, it ought to be less as that is technically loud enough to damage hearing! I stay in, but they are on so many different evenings now that I got caught out between the car and the house one time and it was horrific! They ought to lower the legal sound by at least 10db, though I would prefer they banned the wretched things altogether.

    I did see an ad for quiet fireworks. I hope they catch on, but for me it's not just the sound though that is bad, it is the fire risk and potential for misuse.

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  • Yes yes yes! On all of those points! I sign a slew of petitions every year but nothing changes! I checked the law and they are allowed to be as loud as a thunderclap, which I think is too much, it ought to be less as that is technically loud enough to damage hearing! I stay in, but they are on so many different evenings now that I got caught out between the car and the house one time and it was horrific! They ought to lower the legal sound by at least 10db, though I would prefer they banned the wretched things altogether.

    I did see an ad for quiet fireworks. I hope they catch on, but for me it's not just the sound though that is bad, it is the fire risk and potential for misuse.

Children