Exhausts and Engine » Get those baffles back in!

New legislation regarding noise levels could be introduced according to the Beeb

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48564995

We get some noisy vehicles through our town, mostly boy racers with fancy non standard exhaust systems. Not many bikes though, other than scooters and mopeds as owners attempt to gain any extra power possible by removing baffles.

Whatever next?
Alan

Sounds like another nice way to help fund the local government budget. If they did that in the U.S. I bet the noise meters would be going off every time a city cop riding his Harley passes by. Some of our local cops have bought into the concept that "Loud Pipes Save Lives".

The detector would have to be selective, Trucks, buses and Aston martins.

Mad

Ged

This could put some people out of business, so many "not for road use" pipes sold (Triumph? Hardly Driveables, sorry Harley D?) for road bikes that never see a racetrack. ( some tracks now have dB limits anyway)
It would get my vote, nothing worse than being behind one of these "hear me from 5 miles away" machines.

Uk Traffic Police have had decibel meters for decades, and the law already states modifying a vehicle to produce a higher Db level than std is an offence, they dont really use them it seems unless the rider fails the " attitude test" a network of detectors will just encourage a map on where they are and how to avoid them... great for sleepy little villages, but ultimately simple to avoid.... speed cameras around my way get torched regularly

Zitat von JohnnyRockett im Beitrag #5

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Uk Traffic Police have had decibel meters for decades...

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Considering that most small towns or "Boroughs" can no longer afford to maintain a local police force, automated systems (i.e., speed cameras) are likely the only remaining means of local traffic control.