WHATEVER the outcome of the case of the Whitefield man fined for playing his car radio too loudly, the situation highlights a problem.

There may be many fans of rapper Eminem and his cohorts living in the Bolton area, but there is still a section of the population which does not want 110 decibels of it assaulting the ears as we go for a spot of quiet shopping on Bradshawgate.

I have a couple of theories about those people who insist on "sharing" their music with passing strangers, indeed with the whole town.

They are plainly deaf, either congenital or gradually acqired.

They are attention-seeking.

They should get together and have boomathons where they each play loud music at each other, preferably in an isolated area near the Arctic Circle.