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07-08-2009, 10:18 PM | #1 | ||
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Where I live there was an article in the paper about the new weapon to fight hoons. It is a sound meter, if your car is post 1982 and your exhaust is louder than 90db it is a defect for you sir, if it is pre 82 you can have 96db.
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08-08-2009, 09:19 AM | #2 | ||
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Recognition cameras that can "see" Unit stickers, your a hoon if you have one.
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08-08-2009, 09:23 AM | #3 | ||
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Things are getting harder , at the moment we are doing noise and emissions tests for future models and the noise drive by tests we are told we have to meet are 70db
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08-08-2009, 11:48 AM | #4 | |||
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Those noise limits have been in place for years - but the testing speed is at 75% of the RPM where max power occurs and there is a certain angle and distance the microphone has to be set up at in the test.
So my XE Falcon was tested at 2775RPM and a hard revving VTEC Honda would be at 4500RPM+
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08-08-2009, 03:05 PM | #6 | ||
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There's a difference between a 'nice sounding' loud car and a 'dying moose' sounding rice car.
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08-08-2009, 07:39 PM | #7 | ||
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Sweet for me, my cars an XC 1978 model.
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08-08-2009, 09:07 PM | #8 | ||
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I hope it gets all those morons on their two stroke trail bikes and noisy Harley's that you can hear coming for miles.
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08-08-2009, 09:25 PM | #9 | ||
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How is having a loud (even relatively loud, nice sounding) car being a hoon?
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Both bikes and cars would exceed these limits at full revs - they only have to be under in the situation set out in the test.
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Highway patrol police cars in vic are now equipt with video cameras.
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I've also heard talk of making it illegal to have bald tyres on your car and soon they will have laws against street races and burnouts on public roads......
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09-08-2009, 11:54 PM | #15 | ||
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lol at GTP 290.
I thought the law was 92dB for exhaust. Tested mine at tafe once and it was 120dB but have never had any questions or mention of it from the police.
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09-08-2009, 11:58 PM | #16 | ||
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So you cant have it low or loud.....next big brother will be telling me the colour i can dust on!!!!! bull***t!!!
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10-08-2009, 01:16 AM | #17 | ||
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Be nice if we could organize ourselvs and stand up to all of this (profiling) and government bullying so we can get some reasonable compromises to these kneejerk laws.
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Never have i heard of it in Victoria untill i got done the other night. If you notice a small red light on the top of the car i am certain thats when its recording. |
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