California Exhaust Noise Testing Program Becomes Law
10-04-2002, 10:16 AM
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California Exhaust Noise Testing Program Becomes Law
Thanks to a new SEMA-sponsored law, California automobile hobbyists are now better equipped to fight unfair exhaust noise citations issued by state law enforcement officers. Legislation recently signed into law by Governor Gray Davis to provide for a statewide exhaust noise testing program will allow motorists to prove they comply with state noise standards.
The new law requires smog check stations that provide referee functions to perform the test. These referee stations will issue certificates of compliance for vehicles when tests of their exhaust systems demonstrate that they emit no more than 95 decibels, under Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) test procedure J1169. Only those vehicles that have received a citation for an exhaust noise violation will be permitted to submit their vehicle for the test.
http://www.motortrend.com/news/stories/020924.html
The new law requires smog check stations that provide referee functions to perform the test. These referee stations will issue certificates of compliance for vehicles when tests of their exhaust systems demonstrate that they emit no more than 95 decibels, under Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) test procedure J1169. Only those vehicles that have received a citation for an exhaust noise violation will be permitted to submit their vehicle for the test.
http://www.motortrend.com/news/stories/020924.html
10-04-2002, 10:19 AM
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Hmm well that's not quite what they wanted but good enough. I think they wanted to be able to go test their cars whenever they want so they can have the paperwork with them saying it's legal BEFORE a cop tries to ticket them.
10-04-2002, 12:55 PM
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Originally posted by Ashburner
I don't understand how this is going to work for Harley's. They can be so obnoxious. The same law goes for Off-Highway-Vehicles.
-Ash
I don't understand how this is going to work for Harley's. They can be so obnoxious. The same law goes for Off-Highway-Vehicles.
-Ash
10-06-2002, 12:44 AM
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Originally posted by JRock
Hmm well that's not quite what they wanted but good enough. I think they wanted to be able to go test their cars whenever they want so they can have the paperwork with them saying it's legal BEFORE a cop tries to ticket them.
Hmm well that's not quite what they wanted but good enough. I think they wanted to be able to go test their cars whenever they want so they can have the paperwork with them saying it's legal BEFORE a cop tries to ticket them.
setup, get tested, come out with a passing grade with paperwork.
And then modify the sucker after their "pass."
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