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Motorcycles without mufflers pass by and create a horrible racket in our home. Are there any noise laws in New Haven that could be enforced?
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Motorcycles without mufflers pass by and create a horrible racket in our home. Are there any noise laws in New Haven that could be enforced?
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CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
P.S. Here's some background on the $1,500 per piece meters, one for each district in New Haven:
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/city_noise_ordinance_gets_teeth/
harleyinnewhaven (Guest)
Justin Elicker (Guest)
East Rock Road and the stretch of Livingston along the park for some reason receive a good amount of motorcycle traffic. I'll ask for some enforcement in this area and look into the noise meters. Mark is right that they were purchased a while back and I haven't heard anything about them either.
The police are overstretched as is and it's difficult to catch the occasional loud motorcyclist that drives through. Nevertheless, the area definitely needs some traffic calming measures.
Justin Elicker
Ward 10 Alderman
justin.elicker@gmail.com
Uncle Egg (Guest)
Noise ordinances are notoriously difficult to enforce, even with noise meters, and cops often see it as a low priority. (If you've ever been to a Blue Knights rally, it'll be clear why: Many cops have loud pipes on their own bikes.)
Some bikers, of course, claim it's a safety issue. "Loud pipes save lives" is a piece of fiction, and I've never seen a scrap of evidence to support it. (In fact, the data I've seen suggests the reverse.)
Even if it were true, it's a dumb argument -- particularly dumb when it's uttered by someone who's not wearing a helmet (as is often the case). If you're too scared to ride a legal bike, you should buy a Volvo and leave the two-wheelers to people who can handle them.
Ray Ray (Guest)
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Uncle Egg (Guest)
Ray: You won't hear them, either. No matter how loud a motorcycle is, you don't hear it until it pulls out about even with you -- in other words, after it has passed through your blind side. Additionally, every motorcycle comes equipped with a horn. You'll find it on the right side of your handlebar. You can use this when you're overtaking another driver.
Don't assume that everyone who rides is going to back you up on this. I ride, and I HATE bikers with loud pipes. My own bike rides quietly, as it should.
Biking is dangerous by nature, Ray. If you're too frightened to ride a street-legal bike, I strongly recommend you take up a less dangerous hobby and buy yourself a nice safe Volvo or minivan to get you to the grocery store.
Anonymous (Guest)
Loud pipes do save lives. Not riding the damned things saves even more so, if you really want to save lives, get off your bike and walk.
More importantly, show some courtesy to the other people quietly minding their own business instead of making noise to demand the whole world's attention. Harp on all you want about rights to using public streets, but give a thought to growing up and exercising your rights with civil decency. There is no constitutional right to be a self-centered, attention-seeking @#$%.
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Fed Up wit Whiners (Guest)
This is for everyone who needs proof loud pipes save lives!!
You havent seen a piece of evidence to prove that loud pipes saves lives because people arent being killed they are being saved. The same way ambulance and police sirens make you move or know they are coming you dont need research its common sense. Matter of fact its one of your five senses called hearing now use your sixth sense to understand that!
Anonymous (Guest)
Saving lives is not the issue. Using the pipes in a residential neighborhood is the issue.
For motorcyclists committed to saving lives, there are other ways to save lives that do not involve signalling your presence to everyone within three blocks:
- walk.
- take the bus.
- stay home if the journey is not essential.
- reduce speed limit to 5 mph.
- speedbumps everywhere.
We're talking about a tiny number of motorcyclists vs hundreds of people who were otherwise enjoying the peace in the privacy of their own homes. When I do the cost/benefit analysis, it looks like loud pipes save one life at the expense of hundreds. So the net benefit is greater if the motorcyclist dies. That's just how the numbers work out. Sorry.
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Prince Harming (Guest)
Can't wait for spring so I can tear my harley up and down East Rock Road.
The rich should be made to suffer.
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