Exhaust Decibels?
02-03-2004, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rx-7addiction' date='Feb 3 2004, 07:50 PM
I know some DSM owners in Maryland that have gotten tickets just for having aftermarket exhausts. They weren't speeding, but yet got followed and then pulled over for a ticket. Go figure that one. Maryland has some strict laws. You can even get a ticket for a lowered suspension here.
Should cops pick on people with aftermarket exhausts? Probably not. But they do at times, and they are the law. I find things go better when you stay on the cop's nice side.
Should cops pick on people with aftermarket exhausts? Probably not. But they do at times, and they are the law. I find things go better when you stay on the cop's nice side.
We've had people here issued tickets for having turbochargers on factory turbocharged cars.
Tickets for carrying pressurized gas (a commercial carrier type ticket) even though the nitrous bottle is under the legal 20 lb bottle size that any individual can carry. (think barbecue tank).
Cops will make something up, because most people won't call them on it.
02-04-2004, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by FrestyleFC3S' date='Feb 3 2004, 04:43 PM
that is not true though...
there are statewide dB laws for the volume of exhaust
let me find the link i have it bookmarked
if its loud enough to get teh attention of the cop, that means nothing, stock cars are loud enough to get the attn.... HD bikes are loud enough for attn. .... etc.
plus if that was true then one would assume that every cop has a trained ear for the note of an exhaust, and that each cops ears are the same
theres specific laws, not "oh thats loud isnt it eh?....okay cool lets pull him over"
there are statewide dB laws for the volume of exhaust
let me find the link i have it bookmarked
if its loud enough to get teh attention of the cop, that means nothing, stock cars are loud enough to get the attn.... HD bikes are loud enough for attn. .... etc.
plus if that was true then one would assume that every cop has a trained ear for the note of an exhaust, and that each cops ears are the same
theres specific laws, not "oh thats loud isnt it eh?....okay cool lets pull him over"
And a cop will pull a young white man in a loud Japanese car long before he'd ever consider pulling a greybeard on a Harley that's twice as loud. It's not fair, it just IS.
02-04-2004, 09:42 AM
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Thats why you go to court. Get there early because your case will be one of the last seen. and if the cop can't stay that long, you win. Also, it is a good idea to check with local laws on things. Where i live the emmisions laws are very weak and cops can't really pull you over for having your cat gutted, unfortunatly i drive a car that can shoot out flames with out spark plugs.
02-04-2004, 10:15 AM
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My mazda must've been between 95db and 115...easily.
I got pulled over once, never received a ticket! You know why? I said my exhaust was BRAND NEW. Never bothered since! And im white and drive like a granny!
I got pulled over once, never received a ticket! You know why? I said my exhaust was BRAND NEW. Never bothered since! And im white and drive like a granny!
02-04-2004, 05:17 PM
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in illinois the law is you cannot have any exhaust that is louder than stock, there is no db limit or law. it just must be at stock levels or quiter. so it varies from car to car, its really up to the manufacture how load of an exhaust they put on a car. and also with the harley comments, they have load pipes for a reason, so they can be heard. its a safety thing
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