Noise Police?

[DJT]

First Speed Cameras, now Noise Cameras!

From the the latest edition of Practical Classics:

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[barkerwilliams]

As the article contains " Hasn't verified what the limits will be" what can we do, or even how can we check?

But surely these things are relative, if you drive you car at full volume in a residential area late at night you deserve what is coming, more spirited driving during the day on a busy road has much less of a antisocial impact,

Alan

[022Dave]

Perhaps it's being trialed to sound out (geddit?) internal combustion engines when the world has gone electric! Those naughty people with smelly emissions can then be fined for not being green enough.

Dave

[Kithmo]

Another idea from the Fun police what next, I'm afraid your car is too shiny sir, either dull it down or you'll get a fine.

[richardthestag]

Practical Classics going all Daily Mail on us

[Ritchie6]

I used to have an MGB roadster about 20 years ago and I fitted it with a big bore stainless exhaust system and tubular manifold. The road I live in was a row of terraced houses up each side and sometimes when I arrived home it used to set off people's car alarms as I passed by. We have a few boy racers locally who have either souped Golf GTI's or Vauxhalls and they make a hell of a noise. I think they are more likely to be the targets rather than "relatively" standard cars,unless of course rules get incorporated in the MOT side of things.

Richard

[Phil S]

so if we go to mot, we have to do what the boy racers do, revert to standard for the day

[Ritchie6]

We had a chap who lived across the road who had a Porsche Carerra 4S. It was a hell of a noisy thing because apparently there was some sort of sport mode which made the exhaust very noisy,especially at 7.15 am when he went to work. However thing is it was standard for the car so must have been legal but was much louder than my Stag

Richard

[Rod1883]

Good.
Some of the Motorbikes that scream around here in Sussex on Summer evenings and from about 6am on Saturdays and Sundays sound like a F1 race going on! Others are so loud and low frequency they make the air shake..
If a noise meter makes them refit their standard exhausts rather than these loud things then I'm all for it.

[Ian F]

+1 for what Rod1883 says, we live on a semi-rural road at the bottom of a hill, approximately 1 mile from a 30 limit. Because of the hill and an almost 90deg bend at the bottom, it goes 30 mph, then 50 mph, 40 into the bend and up the hill (through the hamlet not big enough for a village) and then 50 mph again. Wednesday evenings and Sundays the bikers travel this road and we can hear them from a mile away! 40/50 mph - more like 80/90 and the noise some of them make is incredible - they do need slowing and quieting down.

I know they do it to make their bikes more noticeable to “dozy” drivers (so they say) but far, far noisier than my Stag and surely a target for these cameras?

ian F

[Mark Serj]

I would welcome one in my road to catch the boy racer car drivers and race pipe bikers. I am a biker myself but know how to moderate the noise in the correct places