Ban Noise Making Murtali (petards) from Malta

They scare my dogs who to me are more important than stupid festas!!!

I got a kid with autism and they frighten him.

jien mhux ma tal kulur ma naqbilx imma mal bombi ... jreduli d dar .... misshom ilhom li qatawhom

the petard bombs should be outlawed excessive noise pollution and danger to people's health

Aaa imdejjaq b hajtek jaqaw medix thallik il mara? Ed toqod tinfexx f hadd ihor annimal bla kultura

Lewwel wihed min dawk tal pepe iny bahnan.... int tajd li int malti trid teqred kollox? U jek ed tajd li ma nafx malti saqsi l ommok u ghara min ghallima ;) int lewwel u likbar pufta malti li jezisti hinkollu titfa iz zobb ta artikli bix twaqqaf in nar.... mur oqod barra minn malta jek ma jogbokx jew mur ixxi naqa noize blockers ghalik u ghal kull imdejjaq li jrid jaqta in nar

Apparti l-istorbju hemm il-probblema li l-bicciet tal-murtali jaqghu fuq il-propjeta tan nies u dan huwa ta' periklu. Dawk li jaharqu l-bombi jigu jaqghu u jqumu minn din il-probblema tant hu hekk li meta tkellimhom jghidulek "hemm l-insurance!". Daqshekk ghandhom rispett dawn in-nies lejn il-hajja u l-propjeta ta' haddiehor??

Ban them! They terrify all animals!!!

JEHTIEG IKUN HAWN KOLLOX BIL-MODERAZZJONI, FTAKRU FIN-NIES MORDA U L-ANIMALI, HU L-BNIEDEM GHANDHU DRITT JOQGHOD GO DARU FIL-KWIET, ISSA IZZEJJED HEMM BZONN LI DAWN L-ISPLUZZJONIJIET ZEJDA JIQFU, ISSA JEKK INTGHOM TIGU TITNEJKU MIN HADDDIEHOR, VERU EGOSITI MILL-GBAR, IN-NIES TA L-AFFFARIJIET TAGHHOM IL-FESTA ISSIR IMMA MINGHAJR IL-BOMBI ZEJDA

Nahseb ahjar tmur titghallem naqra Malti int qabel tajjar lil hadtiehor, Ja Injorant u pastaz, jekk minghalik li dawn li qed jiffirmaw huma tal-pepe biss sejjer zball kbir! Naf nies Min Santa Lucija li iffirmawa, naf Bandisti li iffirmawa u naf nies mil-Qrendi, Zurrieq, Mqabba etc, mela tkunx Gahan aktar.

Iz-zejjed kollu zejjed.

IL-BOMBI QAZZUNA.

Foxx ommok

Nista inkun naf xizzob foxx hajjitkom ed itikom f sormkom??? Basta lewwel toqodu tgergru umbat toqodu tamlu il bbqs fuq il bejt u titpaxxew u toqodu tajtu nofs malti u nofs inglis taparsi puliti.... ghax ma titilqux minn malta millewel mela tigu tahxu id delizzju tan nies ohra, intom qatta bhejjem bla kultura ara veru liba kollha daw il liba kollha li ha jifirmaw kollha imdejqin b hajjitkom u ma tafux ma xiex ha taqbdu.... ma tmorrux titalmu naqa malti u tnehhu il qziez zejjed lantkom foxx il pepe landkom aa qatta libaaa

Because cars, trucks, and motorcycles don't produce 120 dB of sound (the legal limit for murtali, and the threshold of pain for humans) or 156 dB (the amount claimed to have been measured by some, and which is at the same level as a small calibre firearm and will cause instant and permanent hearing damage)

A comparison of firearms, both suppressed (silencers) and without http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/TexasRetro556/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps2abf1613.jpg.html

Sound comparisons http://www.m1911.org/loudness.htm

Speaking as a regular long time tourist visitor to Malta I would love to see the Murtali banned. They serve no useful purpose and cause alarm and distress to babies and small children, elderly and infirm people, people with sensory issues such as autism and animals. Fireworks can be produced without the need for deafening booms, Murtali on the other hand are all about the booms. To suggest that people would stop going to festas if the booms were banned is to suggest that there is no religious/devotional purpose to the activity!

Bad for children http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/Noise-pollution-is-a-serious-threat-to-children/articleshow/52878917.cms?from=mdr

Dangerous to health http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/554566_3