CT Loud Exhaust Enforcement
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CT Loud Exhaust Enforcement
If you live or ride in CT this year be advised the CT State Police last Sunday, 5/23, set up in the little town of Kent on the NY border with a decibel meter stopping motorcycles and checking their noise levels. Anything above 90 got a ticket or, some cases, the owners were directed to push their bikes off the road and call someone. We just missed the "roadblock" on Sunday but apparently the CSP had placed a notice in the newspaper they would be there. Word is they will be doing this around the state, especially the shoreline and NW corners periodically this summer. Guess the state needs the money
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Every loud pipe ticket written in Denver, Colorado Springs, and ABQ were thrown out. Take the ticket dont be an *** and go to court and get it thrown out. They will stop writing them just like the 3 cities above.
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would help out many members to know.
even being a LEO in NY City, i cringe when i see them towing bikes on a flatbed with one strap for each bike.
the ticket is bad enough. towing the bike is just downright nasty.
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What are they towing them for? Even in Kalifornia its a fix it ticket! Get it fixed find an officer and get it signed off!
Last edited by hog-doc; May 26, 2010 at 12:43 AM.
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so how did they get them dismissed? This really pisses me off cause the ones that ARE really too dang loud are ruining it for the rest of us. Kinda the way things always go, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
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towing for many different offenses.
maybe one of our Highway guys will chime in.
there have been numerous checkpoints at our bridges, and tunnels. ticket is issued for an offense, the bike is sidelined, and then towed away.
maybe one of our Highway guys will chime in.
there have been numerous checkpoints at our bridges, and tunnels. ticket is issued for an offense, the bike is sidelined, and then towed away.
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I think the Connecticut cops are doing it right using a meter to establish the true loudness of the vehicles, if indeed there is a legal standard of 90dB. Kind of like using a breathalizer for D.U.I.s. It takes all the subjectivness out of the deal. I sure wish they'd leave us alone, but it's a lot about revenue.
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Many times when some type of enforcement gets stepped up it is because someone got a bug up their a** or there were complaints. This month we have to push the seatbelt enforcement.
People always thing it is money issue. If we give a correction notice it doesn't matter as long as the correction is made. Most of the tickets I write are either $88.80 or $114.00. We don't get all that money.
People always thing it is money issue. If we give a correction notice it doesn't matter as long as the correction is made. Most of the tickets I write are either $88.80 or $114.00. We don't get all that money.
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Many times when some type of enforcement gets stepped up it is because someone got a bug up their a** or there were complaints. This month we have to push the seatbelt enforcement.
People always thing it is money issue. If we give a correction notice it doesn't matter as long as the correction is made. Most of the tickets I write are either $88.80 or $114.00. We don't get all that money.
People always thing it is money issue. If we give a correction notice it doesn't matter as long as the correction is made. Most of the tickets I write are either $88.80 or $114.00. We don't get all that money.
The loud pipe deal in Co Springs WAS from complaints, about all the asshats that thought they needed to leave the bars on Tejon St at full throttle so it would echo off the buildings!
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Arkansas law is easy to enforce if you want to. It reads "every vehicle will have an original equipment type muffler so as not to emit excessive noise or smoke". (I paraphrased, but that is real close.) Yeah even glass packs on cars are illegal, but it is never enforced unless somebody is showing off in the wrong place, or they are worn out and extra loud.