afe66:

Tinkerisk:

 

The technical police squadron, with their mobile test vehicle, made the tough guys with the sound-tuned Harleys look like stupid schoolboys when there were traffic controls yesterday, after which some were allowed to walk home after being put out of action.

 

 

 

Those who are so rude as to make technically completely superfluous, ego-individualistic noise in the street canyons can expect no mercy. The guys will surely still have the sense and insight at some point, but you can't wait that long and the noise is now.

 

(Serious question)
Are there actual laws about this?! Often on a Friday I can hear a car coming from 100m away and wished there was some way of complaining.

Don't whole businesses in NZ rely on replacing perfectly working exhaust systems with noisy performance ones?

Seems every Subaru who passes me on street has a noisy aftermarket exhaust.

As said I‘m in Germany and we have two applicable regulations for this. One is the excessive noise level in dB and the second is that any technical modification need an approved entry into the registration papers. All after market parts in use need an approval as well. If the are modifications without approval, the vehicle is immediately out of action and it can only be back when the original state has been restored. There might be something similar in NZ. I think it‘s more a question of law enforcement. It had become so worse with those - so called ‚posers‘, that we have special police investigation teams equipped with educated engineers and they are quite successful. The fines are really high.

Best I ever have seen was a 2 policemen bicycle team, which got a tuned Ferrari out of service. It started with a fine of just 20€ but the holder was complaining about and it ended with an arrest of him and confiscation of the car because during the discussion and radio contact with the police station, they found much more on the list other than noise.