I never saw anything in his post that said he was guilty. I didn't see where you quotedCanadian laws, much less how he violated them. If there is nothing defined and measured, then loud is subjective. Do we now call you Judge Atomic? The few places that I have been that had noise laws, stock Harley's would violate them.

 

Seventy five feet or yards? I live 5.5 miles from Interstate 10, and if neighborhood noise levels are low such as early mornings or evenings, I can sometimes hear Harley engines with straight pipeson the bloody freeway.

 

That would be racist and profiling if you targeted those offenders and the ACLU (American Criminal Liberties Union) would step in and defend them.

 

In Canada there are no dB levels for vehicles exhaust in the Highway traffic act.

 

Just saw this article and it relates.

http://cbs4denver.com/seenon/local_story_155214432.html

Jun 5, 2007 10:53 am US/Mountain
Denver Passes Loud Motorcycle Ordinance

Rick Sallinger
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(CBS4) DENVER The Denver City Council voted 8-2 Monday night to enact stricter regulations on the noise motorcycles can make staring July 1.

Council members Charlie Brown and Jeanne Faatz voted against the measure.

The ordinance will require all motorcycle pipes to have a stamp to show they are in compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency noise standards.

Councilman Rick Garcia voted for the ordinance.

"Hopefully they will stay out of Denver," Garcia said about the motorcyclists with loud exhaust pipes.

Two years ago, CBS4 reported on how many motorcycles were violating Denver's 80 decibel limit. Police from several agencies conducted a brief crackdown, but using a noise meter to catch a moving motorcycle was not an easy task.

City Council members were given a demonstration of both motorcycles in compliance with noise laws, and those that are not.

"There are a lot of one way streets in my district and late at night they're wide open," Councilwoman Jeannie Robb said. "These things take off and if they're not EPA certified, you heard the difference."

But from those who make a living installing the loud pipes there is another side to the story.

"Loud pipes will save lives because I see people not even paying attention until they hear the pipes and then they look over and see you," a motorcycle mechanic said.

First time violators of the ordinance would get a $500 fine. For repeat offenders, it could go up to $999. [/align]Prepared for cbs4denver.com by Matthew J. Buettner, Web Producer.

 

You probably can hear trucks also. Don't just pick on Harleys.

 

Gangbangers come in all colors in my part of the country.

 

"In Canada there are no dB levels for vehicles exhaust in the Highway traffic act."
EH?
It's a provincial thing under their individual highway traffic act or provincial motor vehicles acts.
There are,in many municipalities, a municipal act to look after these people that like to disturb the peace and quiet of night, when shift workers and babies are trying to sleep.
Soon DB meters will be in the vehicles of all "by-law" eo's.




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You can have 80 db going all day long and it will not cause anyone's ears any harm. 90 or 100 or even higher (remember db scale is logarithmic) would be a more reasonable peak (such as for hard accelerating).

If we start outlawing everything that irritates someone else, we are going to be in pretty sorry shape in a generation.

I'd say it's common courtesy not to accelerate hard or purposely rev it to make noise in residential areas. But we shouldn't be regulating common courtesy to the tune of $500 fines.

 

Do we think that LEO'swant to give loud pipes tickets? The only M/C related noise tickets I have heard of have been for straight pipes, and that was due to a neighbor complaining. If your bike is just way too friggin' loud, what the heck do you expect?

I think keep it reasonable, and you probably won't get messed with (even though we are technically still breaking the law).