NSW; new exhaust noise laws in the offing

They are at it again... from the MCC list:

The following link is the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) that DECC
have issued to assist with the introduction of the proposed laws.

www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/07186noiseris.pdf

The following is Chris Turner's rough outline and by no means a
complete overview of the proposed laws that DECC will be presenting to
the government.


Clause. 18
"Noise control equipment to be properly maintained"
A person must not cause or permit a motor vehicle to be used on a road
or road related area if:

The motor vehicle's noise control equipment allows the emission of more
noise than the original noise control equipment fitted by the vehicle
manufacturer, or

if an authorised officer (police etc) reasonably believes the equipment
has been modified in a way that makes it less effective than it would
have been if the modification had not been made, or

the motor vehicle's noise control equipment is not securely in place, or

a temporary noise reduction device is fitted to the vehicle (like a
removable baffle, even if it is fitted and the vehicle is compliant to
it's noise requirements) or

if the equipment allows gas to escape from a place other than the intended
exhaust outlet.

And

A person must not:
Remove, or

render less effective, a motor vehicle's noise control equipment,
otherwise than for the purpose of repairing or replacing it, or

replace a motor vehicle's noise control equipment with noise control
equipment that is less effective than the original noise control equipment
fitted by the vehicle manufacturer. Fine: $200 *

* Penalty levels
The maximum penalties provided under the Noise Control Regulation for
a "Court prosecution" are currently $16,500 for individuals and
$33,000 for corporations.

DECC said of Clause 18; The aim of clause 18 is to provide a means of
detecting noisy vehicles that avoids the cost and time associated with
noise testing where it is not strictly needed. Noise testing is often
not required to identify the fact that a motor vehicle's noise control
equipment is defective, and a simple visual test and aural check is
all that is needed. However, in cases where noise control equipment is
modified and the officer is unsure whether the noise control equipment
is less effective, a noise test should be carried out. Noise tests are
often carried out by DECC authorised officers to support the finding of
defective noise control equipment. In practice, a Police Officer's ability
to carry out noise testing is limited by the cost of the equipment,
lack of trained personnel, and competing priorities.

Use of informed subjective (guessing!) assessment to decide a noise
offence is central to NSW noise legislation. The concept of offensive
noise underpins the legislation. Powers under the POEO Act and existing
Noise Control Regulation enable officers to exercise judgement in deciding
whether noise is an issue.

DECC urges stakeholders to provide feedback on the new Regulation.

Comments, marked 'Noise Regulation Review', must be received at the
address below by Friday 13 July 2007:

Noise Policy Section Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW
PO Box
A290 Sydney South NSW 1232 Phone: (02) 9995 5996 Fax: (02) 9995 5935

or via e-mail at


Read the full RIS it's probably going to impact you! If you have any
comments on these proposed laws or the RIS then please send your comments
to Chris Turner, Chairman of the NOISE committee, MCCofNSW.

or to

Zebee

 

SO a coupla of months ago I purchased a one year old speedmaster that
had the 'quieter than a virago' pipes removed and replaced with after
market slash cuts that are louder - but not offensivly so. Note I
purchased it from shop with the pipes already done (I didn't ask for
them to be changed - but was not complaining that they had been done!)

But reading the above even a 1db increase in noise means I part with my
hard earned!



--

Stan Gifford
Current: 06 Triumph Speedmaster
Prev: 94 Ultra classic.
Before that: 99-FXD Superglide

Remove my strides to email me
<Witty comment here>

 

I think they're all closet aliens with lesbian tendencies. I also have a
bike with a nonstandard exhaust that makes a little more noise than the
standard but I and almost anyone else who hears it reckons "it sounds
good" - nobody mentions loud .. but the basis of that legislation pretty
much puts any "louder than your old pipe" companies out of the market too.

 

Sad loss really , gone are the days of a cammy 650 Bonnie at 80mph not
raising an eyebrow ( and sounded very nice through a megaphoneon the
Petone motorway into town)

 

it already existed although there is an amendment in the proposed regs

That is illegal under seperate legislation

JL
(let he who is without sin cast the first stone....)

 

Stan Gifford wrote:

So, if you wanted to sneak up behind, just for example, Mad Monk Abbott,
when he's riding a pushie, you need a Triumph rather than a Harley.

OK.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Are you implying that that makes them bad people?

It may come as a shock to many of you, but the world is not actually
full of people who like loud noisy motorcycles, or loud noisy cars, or
loud noisy children.

I can live with quiet motorcycles, but would really like noisy kids
barred from all public places.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

His ears would be directional, wouldn't they?

 

But think of the children !! The Hillsong^H^H^H sorry "Liberal" party
will have you hung for that sort of statement !

JL
not even if he's cute ?
http://au.geocities.com/v12daimler/daniel050507.jpg

 

I'll go you halves in the Trumpy if I can use it on Phil after you've
sorted the Mad Monk

JL

 

JL wrote:

Won't work. Phil is right into the wooden stake to the heart. :-(

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Gawd, you'd have to hope so!

regards,
CrazyCam

 

I did!

My normal line is "drowned at birth, if not sooner".

regards,
CrazyCam

 

But but but ! That's positively unAustralian of you !! ;-P

<chuckle> I can just visualise the "family first " party members going
purple in the face around about now.

JL

 

Hear, hear! (especially the ones that have a supersonic shriek that actually
pierces your eardrums and arrows deep into the brain) - and down with loud
doof doof that rattles my house - and dogs that bark all effing night - and,
um, the gits who set off fireworks (or, in the case of my suburb, pipebombs)
in suburban neighbourhoods when it's not even Cracker (or pipebomb) night.
And the geeks next door who play their bloody real-time computer
role-playing thingy all night, with the repetitive bass boom that shakes my
floor. And the drug dealer up the road with the musical fuckin door-chimes
that play "London Bridge is Falling Down" at all hours...

<breathe in, breathe out>

Right.... I think that's it. ;-)

betty

 

DUnno , but with that pointy head who knows .

 

Bless you! (I think!)

betty

 

I want one that yells out "Somebodys at the Door".

Boxer

 

Can't you combine a pipebomb with the doorbell of the drug dealers, would
solve a lot of problems.

By the way the term "Pipebomb" is a trigger word for internet terrorist
searching. But i suppose so is the word terrorist, although how many
terrorists use the word terrorist is an item for debate in itself.

Boxer

 

I would think something that sould replicate machinegun fire would be
good for the fuckin 7/11 cunts that come every few days trying to sell
me Energy or Foxtel etc..