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Loud Motorcycles

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Tom Hesley

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  1. Tom Hesley Says:
    September 5th, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    I live at most fifteen feet from a very popular road for bikers in the warmer months. If we were talking about an isolated noise a few times a week, I could deal and would gladly do so. But with hundreds of bikers traveling in caravans, sometimes the roaring at various intensities lasts for an hour or more. Sometimes, several groups pass by in a day, so during ideal weather days, much of time throughout is noisy.

    Yes, I think bikers should be allowed to utilize any pipes they wish, but ONLY so long as the noise is kept down.

    Noise pollution is a very serious threat to public health, and that has been demonstrated by hard science to be true again and again. It’s by no means as clearly demonstrated however, that “loud pipes save lives.” Even if that were proven, I still should not have to endure hours of bike noise in my yard that is so loud that I can’t converse with someone nearby, just so bikers might be a little safer.

    Why aren’t bikes designed so that the noise can be turned on and off? If they were, bikers could run the bike quietly, except for when they actually need the noise; much as other motorists utilize a car horn. I mean, you don’t lay on the horn constantly. So why is it appropriate to run a bike in maximum-volume mode all the time?

    I’m writing my congressmen, to ban loud bikes in all residential areas.

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