The UK has rules about this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-...

Among other things, playing the jingle in the same place repeatedly is prohibited.

Have you heard the ice cream trucks with a random "Hello?" thrown into songs? I don't understand the purpose. Googling brought up some people saying it goes back to the 90s, or that it's specifically a Southern California thing. Strangely enough the movie A Different Man (2024) played that exact sound during an emotional scene. That movie takes place in NYC.

Definitely a thing in NYC—had an ice cream truck that would sit down the block from my place playing music all day long and many years later that "hello" is like nails on a chalkboard.

I wonder what the copyright licensing is on Frank Mills Music Box Dancer which is quite common on the icecream trucks here

Based on the images and knock-off ice cream bars I've seen, ice cream trucks seem to treat copyright as a suggestion

I hear the Hello from our local ice cream trucks in Illinois, so not just a California thing.

It's for vibes basically. I thought it was hilarious when I was younger

At my old house, we had the best ice cream truck. Rather than playing music, it just had like a train bell. Sounded like the ice cream engine was rolling through. Ding.... ding .... ding ....

That is a vast improvement.

I may be more sound sensitive than most, but if I could hear it loudly for even 5-10 minutes I'd be annoyed. 3-4 hours? While I'm at home? Absolutely no way; I'd complain too.

In the UK stationary ice cream trucks don't play music, only those travelling around, so you hear it for a couple of minutes at most as it winds around the neighborhood. I'd also be complaining if it was going on for hours :-)

for the entire time the ice cream truck is stopped, it's engine is still running and generating toxic fumes. Had one parking strategically right next to a playground.