City to outlaw ice cream truck tunes

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich., June 9 (UPI) -- City officials in Dearborn Heights, Mich., say they may ban ice cream truck drivers from playing music because residents think it's too loud.

The city council is preparing to pass an ordinance Tuesday, permitting drivers to sound bells only as they are making an ice cream sale, The Detroit News reported.

Drivers say the ordinance is unreasonable and poses a major threat to their sales.

"You're just going to be driving down the streets and the kids won't hear you coming. I'm going to have to watch what I'm doing. It's just not worth it," driver Dominic Amato, 19, said.

City leaders defend the proposed rule, saying it is intended to keep the peace in local neighborhoods.

"We don't want to discourage people from making a living selling ice cream, but we have to have some sort of control," Councilwoman Janet Badalow said.