Hope all you Massachusetts riders saved your stock pipes...you will need them!
Legislation has been filed for the 2009 2010 Legislative Session and a hearing is expected to be scheduled in October 2009 concerning House Bill 3332 filed by Chairman of the JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE STATE REPRESENTATIVE THEODORE C. SPELIOTIS of Danvers, Massachusettts.
House Bill 3332 provides the following:
AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING MOTORCYCLE SOUND LEVELS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 7U of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- "The use and sale of any exhaust pipe that increases the sound emission of any vehicle including motorcycles shall be prohibited. All motorcycle exhaust pipes must conform to 82dBA maximum noise level measured directly to the rear exhaust outlet at a distance of 12 inches. The angle of measurement shall not exceed 30 degrees. Sound measurements taken beyond 12 inches that exceed the requirements are not acceptable. Violation of said decibel level, or illegal retrofitting, will result in a license suspension for six (6) months and/or a fine not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars ($250)."
2 comments:
East Greenwich already has something similar, and Lincoln is formulating something along those lines. The end appears near as the tight-ass lawmakers are bending over.
Makes me happy to be in Texas. I see no reason for the insanely loud stuff, but I'm glad I don't really have to worry about that business down here.
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