Motorcycle noise emission regulation
#51
02-07-2012, 04:26 PM
Fortuneately NH is a very small state, and if you don't live there or register your bike there, this won't affect you. The Police in NH CANNOT enforce the vehicle equipment standards from their state on vehicle registered elsewhere. So if you're riding through NH after Jan 1, 2013-let 'em rumble, rock and roll on any bike of any year of manufacture. If you live there, find a relative living in a nearby state and register it at that address.
More nanny state Bulls--t!
More nanny state Bulls--t!
#55
02-09-2012, 01:29 PM
Here is an article that summarizes the hearing better than I could:
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articl...NEWS-120209773
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articl...NEWS-120209773
#56
02-17-2012, 10:35 AM
Update, this bill is going to the House for a full vote on February 22, here is the recommendation from the committee:
HB 1442, relative to motorcycle noise emission regulation. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT.
Rep. Sherman A Packard for Transportation: Realizing from both inside and outside of the motorcycling community that some motorcyclists believe excessive noise is alright, they are wrong. It is time to change our motorcycle statute to provide relief from excessive exhaust noise. After working for many months with the department of safety, state police, police chiefs from N. Hampton and Rye, NH, motorcyclists rights organization, NH auto dealers association, motorcycle dealers, American motorcycle association the group decided that the bill as written would not solve the problem. Instead, all agreed that the state should adopt a new roadside testing procedure that was recently developed by SAE International. This standard is J2825 (measurement of exhaust sound pressure levels of stationary on-highway motorcycles.) Our current testing procedure that was implemented in 1993 was originally developed for off road motorcycles, but this was the only test available. The bill as originally written would require police to test a motorcycle the way a manufacturer does the test. At 50 feet, a motorcycle would drive by at 35 mph numerous times to establish the decibel level. The new J2825 test would allow a police officer to test a motorcycle while it is idling, with either the rider sitting on the bike or the bike on the kickstand. The amendment replaces the original bill with the J2825 testing procedure. Unlike the original bill J2825 allows police to ticket out of state motorcycles who violate our noise laws. The amendment has almost universal supported by the parties involved and all previously mentioned groups. This amendment is business, motorcycle and law enforcement friendly and gets to the heart of the problem. This amendment identifies the small number of motorcyclists who have no respect for other people’s rights. Support the committee 14-1 vote to pass HB 1442 as amended. Vote 14-1.
HB 1442, relative to motorcycle noise emission regulation. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT.
Rep. Sherman A Packard for Transportation: Realizing from both inside and outside of the motorcycling community that some motorcyclists believe excessive noise is alright, they are wrong. It is time to change our motorcycle statute to provide relief from excessive exhaust noise. After working for many months with the department of safety, state police, police chiefs from N. Hampton and Rye, NH, motorcyclists rights organization, NH auto dealers association, motorcycle dealers, American motorcycle association the group decided that the bill as written would not solve the problem. Instead, all agreed that the state should adopt a new roadside testing procedure that was recently developed by SAE International. This standard is J2825 (measurement of exhaust sound pressure levels of stationary on-highway motorcycles.) Our current testing procedure that was implemented in 1993 was originally developed for off road motorcycles, but this was the only test available. The bill as originally written would require police to test a motorcycle the way a manufacturer does the test. At 50 feet, a motorcycle would drive by at 35 mph numerous times to establish the decibel level. The new J2825 test would allow a police officer to test a motorcycle while it is idling, with either the rider sitting on the bike or the bike on the kickstand. The amendment replaces the original bill with the J2825 testing procedure. Unlike the original bill J2825 allows police to ticket out of state motorcycles who violate our noise laws. The amendment has almost universal supported by the parties involved and all previously mentioned groups. This amendment is business, motorcycle and law enforcement friendly and gets to the heart of the problem. This amendment identifies the small number of motorcyclists who have no respect for other people’s rights. Support the committee 14-1 vote to pass HB 1442 as amended. Vote 14-1.
#57
02-17-2012, 10:48 AM
Somebody help me out with this....if I read correctly, the original legislation applied only for motorcycles produced after Jan. 1, 2013. The new rules appear to apply to all mc's. Eh?
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