California Exhaust Law

[werdn]

It is illegal to have any modified exhaust and stock exhaust louder than 95dB in California now!

http://www.thedrive.com/news/25799/c...ine-you-for-it

Please sign petition for all us Californians!!!

https://www.change.org/p/nullify-fin...4105273-1%3Av2

[werdn]

AB 1824 -- Fine for loud vehicle exhausts

Drivers in a vehicle or motorcycle with an excessively loud exhaust will be fined. Previously, they would have been cited with a “fix-it” ticket.

[SapphireM5]

Damn that sucks, how do you guys do it over there. I know the scenery, beaches landscapes etc are beautiful but damn. Feel bad for you guys.

[///M ARMY]

the petition is not going to do anything unfortunately.

[irishbimmer]

Quite frankly, I heard a kid in a mustang gt recently all blacked out start up his motor near a gas station and it was so loud that it made me jump. That's a little too loud-if not pumping gas, I'd have love to have smoked his ass just to show him loud isn't fast.. Some are too loud, and living by a main road can reduce home prices...Maybe its about disturbing the peace...My comp exhaust seems about right but I am getting older. No mufflers-straight pipes seems unnecessary.

[werdn]

Originally Posted by irishbimmer

Quite frankly, I heard a kid in a mustang gt recently all blacked out start up his motor near a gas station and it was so loud that it made me jump. That's a little too loud-if not pumping gas, I'd have love to have smoked his ass just to show him loud isn't fast.. Some are too loud, and living by a main road can reduce home prices...Maybe its about disturbing the peace...My comp exhaust seems about right but I am getting older. No mufflers-straight pipes seems unnecessary.

But my v10 and Eisenmann Race needs to be unleashed once in a while

[mrtt]

It's a $1k fine + state ref which is one person you do not want to see EVER. It's because of idiotic street take overs doing stupid a$$ stunts and street racing

[werdn]

Originally Posted by mrtt

It's a $1k fine + state ref which is one person you do not want to see EVER. It's because of idiotic street take overs doing stupid a$$ stunts and street racing

Lol what is the state ref like? Is he like a judge?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by mrtt

It's a $1k fine + state ref which is one person you do not want to see EVER. It's because of idiotic street take overs doing stupid a$$ stunts and street racing

Something like that was occurring here;A long street used regularly for power shows and races had humps built on to it because a biker was killed when his stunt went wrong and before that a watcher was seriously injured when an Impreza went out of control but they'll have to take them down soon as the Environment Secretary had advised councils to remove them because of increased level of pollution (vehicles slowing down then accelerating).

[TLK]

Finally it's about time. California has large population and vehicular traffic. It's just not fair to create unnecessary noise pollution. I don't think anyone gets stopped for a non-safety fix-it-ticket, the police are too busy. But with $1000 to be made for each loud exhaust ticket under the new law, police might be motivated to actually enforce it. This should have been done a long time ago.

And bikes are the worst offenders. A single rider vehicle with no carrying capacity makes more noise than large trucks or people movers. That isn't right.

There will inevitably be comments about how everyone should be able to do whatever they want. Well, in terms of driving, remember that's a regulated activity. After all, you have to have a license to drive, and you have to have a registration for the vehicle. Race cars are "off-road use" vehicles that aren't supposed to be driven on the street. If a street car is made into a race car, then it should no longer be driven on the street...

[mrtt]

Originally Posted by werdn

Lol what is the state ref like? Is he like a judge?

in extreme cases, he/she can make sure you will not be able to register your vehicle in CA

[mrtt]

Originally Posted by TLK

Finally it's about time. California has large population and vehicular traffic. It's just not fair to create unnecessary noise pollution. I don't think anyone gets stopped for a non-safety fix-it-ticket, the police are too busy. But with $1000 to be made for each loud exhaust ticket under the new law, police might be motivated to actually enforce it. This should have been done a long time ago.

And bikes are the worst offenders. A single rider vehicle with no carrying capacity makes more noise than large trucks or people movers. That isn't right.

There will inevitably be comments about how everyone should be able to do whatever they want. Well, in terms of driving, remember that's a regulated activity. After all, you have to have a license to drive, and you have to have a registration for the vehicle. Race cars are "off-road use" vehicles that aren't supposed to be driven on the street. If a street car is made into a race car, then it should no longer be driven on the street...

well I don't know if you ever rode bikes but I wanted to make sure people heard me coming near them. Many times, drivers would jerk back to their lane when they heard the exhaust.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by mrtt

well I don't know if you ever rode bikes but I wanted to make sure people heard me coming near them. Many times, drivers would jerk back to their lane when they heard the exhaust.

You may have a point there,if people can't hear you coming a few have a tendency to pull into your lane without looking or even signalling.