Noise testing could help motorcyclists avoid tickets
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This article was published 17/06/2010 (5569 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
With Winnipeg police handing out $231 tickets for motorcycles that are too noisy, drivers may want to know how loud is too loud.
Police are looking to help. The police traffic unit is considering free ways motorcyclists can test the legality of their vroom-vroom.
"We’re definitely looking into testing opportunities," said Mark Hodgson, Staff Sgt. of the Winnipeg Police Service’s central traffic unit. "But we don’t know when yet."
Police have started using hand-held sound testers to gauge engine noise. A motorcycle or car engine over 92 decibels can get ticketed under the Highway Traffic Act.
Winnipeg Police is in the process of helping draft a bylaw that will further cement noise restrictions for motorcycles and cars.
Hodgson said he has been in talks with members of the Manitoba Association of Auto Clubs, and that they have been cooperative and positive about the new changes.
"I think they are happy to be involved in the process," said Hodgson.
However, motorists who are looking to get their rides tested sooner just may have the ear of a few Winnipeg businesses.
Dale Kellington, manager of technical services at Winnipeg’s Industrial Technology Centre, said they too are looking into ways in which they could test vehicles.
"We have the technology to do pre-compliance testing," said Kellington. "We are just working out the logistics."
Corporate Health Works founder Norma McCormick said her company is also equipped to test vehicles.
The company provides services as compliance consultants and advocates to make workplaces more safe.
"We do have hand-held equipment here that could be used to test noise levels," said McCormick. "We thought we could then hand out a sheet that said the motorcycle passed and was compliant."
But Hodgson warns that such tests are not a guarantee against getting a ticket.
"You don’t want a situation where people pass their compliance test and then change their muffler right after," said Hodgson. "It’s positive that people are concerned with testing, but the testing conditions need to be up to standard."
britt.harvey@freepress.mb.ca