Loud exhaust legal things question

Morning,

Just wondering, can you get a loud exhaust ticket or something without being pulled?

Reason im wondering is this morning I rode past a police man in a town on the way to work and as I pulled upto a junction he waved (in my general direction) and then pointed to his radio. I didn't see home actually talk into it...

What do you recon?

Just incase you wondered, it is a little loud!

[mikerj]

Almost certainly just a warning.

Erm, no! He was probably shouting "STFU, I can't hear my radio!" or something along those lines.

HTH.

Your going to get home and your house is going to be cordoned off with tape and there will be armed officers lining the streets. You'll get arrested and thrown in cells. You'll be remanded in custody until your court appearance where you will be found guilty and banged up for the next 15 years in a maximum security prison.

You might get a warning notification but I wouldn't have thought anything else. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it.

[dizzyblonde]

should have pulled the clutch in or cruised past at 3k in highest gear poss, then you wouldn't be worrying!

I know nothing of this skill

If you have not been stopped and examined for a non conforming exhaust and tested for a Db level I doubt if any single officer would be able to get a conviction by you riding past.

There is a legal limit for noise readings.

But its a very grey area. I.E the law is something like tested for noise at x metres behined, and x metres high.

Now show me any police officer who has this equipment available. I dont know of any MOT stations that have it, let alone the police.

They could do you for some kind of disturbance I guess, but its somethign i'd fight as they've got no legal knowledge on what the law actually is on noise

Construction and Use Regs specify noise levels dependent on year of manufacture and yes the police do have Db meters

I actually asked an Essex police inspector this question and he replied that they do have a meter but he didn't know where it was which made me smile.

The conversation was regarding Harleys with straight through exhausts

[Dave20046]

As I understand it a policeman's ears are accurate to 1db and their word is submissable as 100% condemning evidence.however if it was A police woman this isn't the case as they don't listen. I'd get an alibi ready...

lol

just out of curiosity if i had a can that said "not for road use" on it (not that i do) i wonder what the deal would be with that?