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Originally Posted by Igovert500
It's not BS, your car was loud so you got a ticket. That's the law. However, you can fight it. Find out the legal limit, then do one of 2 things.
a) get ahold of a decibel-meter and find out if your car gets that loud, chances are it will if you have exhaust.
b) ask the cop in court exactly how loud your car was. If he didn't use a decible-meter...how the hell will he know. He wont be able to prove you were over the limit, case dismissed.
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For b: If he has evidence, then he has evidence. If he doesn't, it's just his estimate of how loud your car was. Ask in court if he has had training in estimating the loudness of sounds. Bet he hasn't. And it's still just an estimate. Most noise statutes have a distance and volume limitation, so watch that when you go in.
Also, you'll want to back up this argument with some sort of evidence of your own, showing how loud your vehicle is. We all know it's pretty loud with a free flowing exhaust, yah? How important is it to you to beat the ticket? If very important, it might be time to put on stock exhaust, have the decibels measured, and/or take a decimeter to court to show that it's not too loud.
Hey, part of the penalty of high performance....