Leong: The sound of defeat in Calgary's battle against noise

For more than a decade, Calgary has fought and lost its various attempts to clamp down on obnoxiously loud noise from vehicles

Calgary’s warm season is famously short.

We try to take advantage of this as much as we can — and one of the ways is through a relaxing evening with friends old and new at one of the city’s many street-side patios.

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However, what could be a totally comfortable evening is usually punctuated by the sound of one or more people revving the engines on their obnoxiously loud two- or four-wheeled vehicle.

Sometimes, they can backfire so suddenly and loudly, it can cause those nearby to flinch. The uninitiated might even mistake the sound for the crackle of gunfire.

We can’t escape this nonsense even at home. It seems to be a nightly routine for som