Apparently we're terrorists

[Andy]

check out this link from Noise Free America linking car guys to terrorists.

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[white_2kgt]

Huber also notes that "the exhaust noise legislation that SEMA sponsors uses the dB(A) metric, which does not measure low frequencies. Popular exhaust companies such as Flowmaster and GREddy market their products as having a 'deep, aggressive rumble.' In fact, GReddy describes its exhausts as 'complaying with 95 dB(A) limis' and as having a 'low frequency sports sound.' The truth is that a measurement of 95 dB(A) 20 inches from a car's exhaust pipe will be heard and felt in people's homes at a great distance. SEMA's legislation makes about as much sense as boom car legislation which does not account for thumping BASS."

Yea, all those people using DB meters at bass off's have been doing it wrong for YEARSSSSS.

Fucking retards, last time I checked not even a ricer w/ a coffee can exhaust knocked over a 200 story building.

--chad

[Evan]

The Comfort Inn of Richmond cannot fill the rooms on the Broad Street side because of the constant roaring and booming of 'rice rockets,' 'muscle cars,' and 'boom cars.

Right. Im sure that it has nothing to do with the fact that broad street is a run down ghetto.

[KPWSerpiente]

Fucking insane.

-T

[Dave]

this is a joke, right?

[BLINGMW]

the article seems somewhat decent to me, it wasn't calling us terrorists, and I agree with most of it... until that 2nd to last paragraph. "It is hard to believe that SEMA can get away with promoting legislation that diminishes the public's ability to detect terrorism by selling dangerous, illegal, noisy products". That's a reach there bud, nice try. But I do agree with the INTENT of such legislation to keep super loud cars off the streets. Unfortunatly, the execution leaves much to be desired.

[G.Irish]

Yeah I agree that I shouldn't be allowed to run my rotary on the street with a straight pipe but the law that says I can't needs to be straighforward and fair. Allowing the police to harass me whenever they damned well please because the law is vague is stupid.

I thought that line about noisy exhausts taking police resources away from more important things is one of the most moronic things I have ever heard. Do they mean to say they have police setting traps for ricer exhausts when they should be patrolling the streets to make sure people aren't getting assaulted and robbed? Are they saying that if they got a call for a robbery in progress while they were filling out an exhaust ticket they'd have to let the thieves get away?

Obviously the police has to prioritize. If busting citizens for misdemeanors means they have to let real criminals get away then they need to stop wasting their time busting people on misdemeanors. Of course we know they can't do this since misdemeanors are an important source of revenue...

[Sijray21]

I agree with the broad street comment, that place needs improvement, not the noise of the cars. I still think that a db level should be enforced over the subjective law that 'officers can determine whether or not your exhaust is too loud.'

Plus you can't have an exhaust other than stock...so i guess you're screwed if it rusts out huh? The worst part is the policy makers are thinkheaded toward car enthusiasts with (IMO) their mentality that we are uneducated with regard to their laws already in place.

[mpg9999]

Wow, just wow. What a bunch of idiots. God forbid we set use an objective, scientific standard to measure exhaust noise, instead of using subjective words like "loud or unnusual".

[BLINGMW]

the whistles go WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[Myuki]

Wow, just wow. What a bunch of idiots. God forbid we set use an objective, scientific standard to measure exhaust noise, instead of using subjective words like "loud or unnusual".

but using that scientific standard would be too hard....

[.RJ]

but using that scientific standard would be too hard....

No, but getting a repeatable, calibrated (weather, humidity, wind, distance, buildings, etc) dB reading is.

[CaptainHenreh]

but using that scientific standard would be too hard....

No, but getting a repeatable, calibrated (weather, humidity, wind, distance, buildings, etc) dB reading is.

Better than an officer's completely and utterly objective ear.

[bassmangrammy]

shouldn't the fact that they are talking too fucking loud be concidered terriorism...does freedom of speech cover the expression of vehicle modification? (that's coming from a person that doesn't like fart cans)...and plus people are throwing around the word terrorism too much...soon everyone is going to be a terrorist for stupid little stuff

[ViPER1313]

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He's working for Osama!

[bassmangrammy]

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He's working for Osama!

What?! :?: :?: :?: Seriously...I hate that the word terriorism is being so freely used. And I'm a capitalist so I want Osama gone!

[ViPER1313]

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He's working for Osama!

What?! :?: :?: :?: Seriously...I hate that the word terriorism as a word is being so freely used...enviroterriorism?

I hate it to, and that was my point.