Description
Loud motorcycles frequently speed down Humphrey Street, breaking both the speed limits and the municipal noise ordinance. Some are coming from the bars on State Street/Humphrey Street. Others are getting off I-91 and speed down Humphrey on their way downtown.
74 Commentaires
Ben (Invité)
The police should have an overtime officer with the noise meter ticketing(paying for time he's out there).
This will also solve our inability to have a permanent beat officer in East Rock.
ben (Invité)
From the NHPD (Invité)
As the weather improves, more and more motorcycle riders are hitting the roads throughout the country.
The New Haven Police Department is joining with federal, state and local highway safety, law enforcement and motorcycle organizations in proclaiming May 2009 as “Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.” Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month is a national initiative aimed at getting motorists and motorcyclists to “Share the Road” with each other.
In 2007, motorcycle rider fatalities increased for the tenth straight year. During 2007, 5,154 motorcyclists lost their lives in fatal highway crashes. Common hazards for motorcyclists are driver inattention, failure to wear a helmet, and operating while impaired. Motorcyclists also have an obligation to operate without creating excessive noise or traffic hazards.
Officers assigned to motor vehicle/noise enforcement will pay special attention to motorcycle and car noise violations which impact quality of life in the city. The area of enforcement will be downtown (North Frontage-State-Park-Chapel) as well as upper State St. (to East). Any equipment violations will also have a DMV warning ticket issued in addition to the summons/infraction.
Motorcycle Violations
14-40a(a)* no M/C license endorsement $92.00
14-80(a) unnecessary noise $225.00
14-80i(b) handlebar height (15” from seat) $75.00
14-289b(a) > 2 M/C operating abreast $96.00
14-289b(c) failure to have headlamp lit $96.00
14-289d(b) no face protection (glasses/goggles) $86.00
Lt. Joseph Witkowski
New Haven Police Department
Tel: (203) 946-6576
Fax: (203) 946-7498
Joey (Invité)
i strongly agree with the noise tix ,but not the fee - wow , that would only encourage the cop to look the other way and ignore/hide from the loud bikes ( saw that on State st.last summer)
bob (Invité)
Resident (Invité)
This is really an annoyance. Loud motorcycles should be banned from city streets, and confiscated by the police.
Let them ride them out in the suburbs - when they are in my town, I don't want to hear the constant motorcycle noise, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Lady Rider (Invité)
Barb (Invité)
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paulienh (Invité)
In response to NHPD... Motorcycles can operate side by side but not more than 2 per lane see the below law...
Sec. 14-289b. Operation of motorcycles. (a) The operator of a motorcycle shall be entitled to the full use of any single traffic lane, but the operation of more than two motorcycles abreast in any single traffic lane is prohibited.
(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not (1) overtake and pass, in the same single traffic lane occupied by such motorcycle, any motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or (2) operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic.
(c) Any person operating a motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1980, on a highway, shall illuminate the head lamp of such motorcycle at all times it is being operated.
(d) No provision of this section shall apply to a police officer during the performance of his official duties.
(e) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall have committed an infraction.
bob (Invité)
Bob
paulienh (Invité)
Sec. 14-80-1a. Definitions
(a) ‘‘Motor Vehicle’’ means any vehicle as defined in subdivision (26) of section
14-1, Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) ‘‘dB(A)’’ means the standard abbreviation for ‘‘A’’ weighted sound level
in decibels.
(c) ‘‘Sound Level’’ means the ‘‘A’’ weighted sound level obtained by use of fast
meter response and ‘‘A’’ weighting characteristics specified in American National
Standard S1.4-1971 ‘‘Specification for Sound level Meters’’.
(d) ‘‘Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (G.V.W.R.)’’ means the value specified by
the manufacturer as the maximum fully loaded overall weight allowed for a sin-
gle vehicle;
(e) ‘‘Gross Combination Weight Rating (G.C.W.R.)’’ means the sum total of the
G.V.W.R. of each vehicle or unit comprising a combination vehicle.
(f) ‘‘Hard Test Site’’ means any test site having the ground surface covered with
concrete, asphalt, packed dirt, gravel or similar acoustically reflective material
for more than one-half the distance between the microphone target point and the
microphone location.
(g) ‘‘Soft Test Site’’ means any test site having the ground surface covered with
grass, other ground cover or similar acoustically absorptive material for one-half
or more of the distance between the microphone target point and the microphone
location.
(h) ‘‘Ground Cover’’ means any of various low, dense-growing plants such as
ivy, myrtle, low weeds, or brush.
(i) ‘‘Traffic Railing’’ means any longitudinal highway traffic barrier system
installed along the side or median of a highway. For the purpose of this regulation,
a traffic railing must have at least thirty-five percent of its vertical height from the
ground surface to the top of the railing, open to free space in order to qualify as
an acceptable object within a noise measurement test site. Posts or other discrete
supports shall be ignored when ascertaining open free space.
(j) ‘‘Relatively Flat’’ means a sound measuring site which does not contain
significant concave curvatures or slope reversals that may result in the focusing of
sound waves toward the microphone location.
(k) ‘‘Motorcycle’’ means any vehicle as defined in subdivision (25) of section
14-1, Connecticut General Statutes.
(l) ‘‘Snowmobile’’ means a vehicle coming within the definition of the term
‘‘snowmobile’’ as defined in section 14-379, Connecticut General Statutes.
(Effective December 27, 1978)
nh resident (Invité)
I used to live on State St between Edwards and Humphrey and they're not kidding, it's a nightmare over there, especially after 10 pm at night - the beginning of the evening noise ordinance. I remember MOST nights hearing revving motorcycles as late (early!) as 2 and 3 am in the morning, after motorcyclists were leaving the bars en masse. Usually between 5-10 bikes for one bar alone.
I'd love to see this change. I've since moved but yeah, it really interferes with quality of life and it's certainly not quiet between 10 pm and 8 am.
paulienh (Invité)
maria (Invité)
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Ben Berkowitz (Utilisateur inscrit)
Agreed,
This issues seems to be the one thing that police in New Haven will not respond to.
I have been told many a time that they will address the noise on Upper State with no follow through.
Every year there are more of them and they are louder.
I'll try to get some video with audio over the next couple of weeks.
Pam (Invité)
Loud pipes ok? (Invité)
Anonymous (Invité)
Anonymous (Invité)
Loud pipes ok? (Invité)
JrJr (Invité)
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JrJr (Invité)
Not exactly, I took a vacation day, I have 6 weeks. So grabbed some lunch (Louie's Lunch) and made a day of it on the bike. I did get a DMV inspection ticket. I put the stock exhaust on, passed, then put my dual exhaust back on, really didn't take that long either. Now i have the e"passed" DMV inspection ticket on me to avoid any further tickets. Worked out rather nice all summer.
It's a joke. The whole phoney BS system. The decibels levels set are ridiculous, and everybody involved knows it, the police, the bikers, the DMV, and especially the prosecutors! It's a waste of tax payer money.
Sure some a-hole riding like a bat out of hell threw a residential neighborhoods should be ticketed, but that snot what they do. They hit the guy who works for a living, and goes for a beer with a few friends, or dinner with his girl. That's not the demographic you want. So unless the police change their tactics, and their profiling technics, it will be the same every summer. Sorry.
maria (Invité)
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Loud Pipes OK,
Are you implying that because you give money to charity it is ok to effect others quality of life?
I give money to charity to but It does not give me the right to come and trash your neighborhood.
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hey JR,
I agree that the highways are not a big deal for loud pipes but this is a residential neighborhood. State Street and Humphrey street is not a playground for motorcycles.
There are hundreds of apartments on the street with Children and others that are physically effected by this noise.
We welcome regular respectful riders but revving a modified pipe at the corner of Humphrey and State or anywhere else in this neighborhood where this frequently happens needs to be discouraged amongst bikers if they want to be treated with respect.
Janet (Invité)
Anonymous (Invité)
Ted (Invité)
Harleys are just loud therefore there can't be any noise objections? That is just kind of, well..dumb.
The loud pipes as a safety thing is another lame justification. These riders are deliberately generating as much noise as they can late at night in a residential neighborhood. They're doing it for fun, so go to a Walmart parking lot.
This would never be tolerated in the suburban neighborhoods where these riders live. Should I be allowed to bring a 100 watt guitar amp to YOUR neighborhood at 1AM and blast away?
Anonymous (Invité)
Ben Berkowitz (Utilisateur inscrit)
I am talking about reving engines with modified pipes of any bike at intersections. That has nothing to do with saving lives. That is simply disrespectful. I also am talking about unusually loud bikes not a stock Harley with which I have no problem with the decibels.
The Sport bikes have not been a problem to date in the neighborhood because they have not been that loud and their are not many of them on the street.
This is not a charge against bikers just disrespectful bikers. You are sticking up for people that are making you look bad. Aren't we on the same team here?
Ben Berkowitz (Utilisateur inscrit)
Janet (Invité)
paulienh (Invité)
Ted (Invité)
Janet (Invité)
Stop judging and get over it, it's not going away....but if it bothers you so much, maybe YOU should. Have a nice day Ted.
ted (Invité)
Janet (Invité)
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hi Janet,
You don't have to sit by the window to be bothered by the bikes that I'm concerned about and that is an invasion of private not public space.
Ted (Invité)
Janet, I agree that it is both a culture and a lifestyle.
You would not tolerate a group of people waking up your neighborhood with their culture and lifestyle.
Janet (Invité)
Frankly, I love my Harley, with all the chrome, loud pipes, and everything else. What I am so damn sick of is being judged by people who know nothing. Let's take a quick minute and talk about oh...car steros, jacked up plymouth neons, and all the other nonsense that really bugs ME. But that's they're choice and I respect it.
Anika (Invité)
Janet,
If your "lifestyle" requires you to wake up families and children at all hours of the night, you've got bigger problems than Ted being boring. If you're really looking for excitement, send me your address and I'll swing through your neighborhood making a racket for no conceivable reason. Then, when you complain, I'll conveniently quote "culture" and "lifestyle." Face it: you rationalize your behavior so that you can sleep at night (unlike the folks being kept up by your bike's pipes). You have no business calling anyone "childish" or "boring" (other than yourself -- and there's a couple of other adjectives I'd throw in there but I'll restrain myself).
Anonymous (Invité)
Clos Biagio (Invité)
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Ted (Invité)
Janet, you have my respect on that. But, honestly, don't you think you are the rare person who can tolerate it? My lifestyle (and I mean no offense here) does not intrude on other people.
In my experience as a musician, there is a time and a place to be loud and another to compromise. I don't like banning stuff.
Anonymous (Invité)
Let's just agree to disagree
BB (Utilisateur inscrit)
Hey Janet,
I understand where you are coming from in regards to freedom of speech and expression but loud noise is restricted in cities because it is physically harmful to others.
This is not an attack on motorcycles it is a plea to be respectful of your neighbors and obey the noise ordinances and DMV standards.
Loud motorcycles are a good reason why people leave neighborhoods with their children.
Anonymous (Invité)
Janet (Invité)
reading your pathetic excuse of a comment, you do sound like a real live "redneck" "tard"? Man, read a book.
Anonymous (Invité)
Mark
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Anika (Invité)
Janet,
Don't feel empowered by the fact that I decided it was useless to try to convey sense to the clinically insane. If you don't understand that your "choices" are limited to the extent they substantially harm other people, you're a sociopath. I might choose to throw rocks at your windows, hell, that might be my "lifestyle" and "culture," but it's still illegal and immoral. *content removed.
Anika
David Streever (Utilisateur inscrit)
what type of person threatens to beat people up over the internet? i'll let you figure it out. You have no idea who you are adressing, and the stupidty of your comments to anika confirm that.
anaika (Invité)
Janet (Invité)
Anonymous (Invité)
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Dave (Invité)
David Streever (Utilisateur inscrit)
dave NONE of us want anyone hurt. we simply want people to respect our need for quiet.
the issue here is the people who line up their motorcycles @ 2 in the morning and reve up their engine over & over. we need to get up at 6 in the morning to go to work, and don't understand why suburbanites think it's ok to wake us at 2:30 in the morning.
if that's not you what you are doing why are you here? isn't our desire to not be woken up at 2 am on a week night reasonable?
your objections-that we want people to DIE are hysterical and inaccurate and unfair. please respect our desire to sleep through the night in our homes. Many of the people commenting here are tax paying residents who are bewildered at the tone and direction you all are taking this argument. you would be angry if people woke you every night. please understand what is being asked and stop attacking us. and be thankful none of us are inconsiderate enough to be so rude to your neighborhoods.
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Utilisateur inscrit)
This is a serious quality of life issue.
This is the main reason why people avoid State Street, at least when they are looking for a place to live (or, if they already live there, thinking about renewing their lease).
I would love to live on State Street, but would never consider it for one very simple reason: motorcycle noise.
Hope this helps some of you put things in perspective.
You have the right to ride your motorcycles all over rural roads throughout Connecticut -- but when residents, property owners and politicians wish to control noise so that their neighborhood can simply survive as a livable place, they have the right to ask for enforcement of city laws.
I hope that the city will swifly crush this type of antisocial behavior.
Fines need to be raised because they are not in proportion to the damage done from these motorbikes. The fine should be at least $1,000 per offense.
In addition to muffler-generated noise, wheelies and speeding are a serious problem as well.
Réouvert Resident (Invité)
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anaika (Invité)
Anonymous (Invité)
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Anonymous (Invité)
You, and everyone else on this page really need to back off. I was threatened, insulted, and completely misunderstood. I don't believe one group has the right to dictate how another lives or what they drive.
Go back to NY. This can and has gotten very ugly. I am too "associated" to deal with these common folk so as far as i'm concerned, it's a dead issue.
Anonymous (Invité)
Clos Anonymous (Invité)