TOperson
Active Member
Now that warmer weather has arrived, so has something else: loud motorcycles. I have heard easily a few dozen on my west-end street in the last 90 minutes. I know from past experience that I will hear anywhere from 50-100 per day all summer. And when I mean loud, I mean LOUD. As in: I can hear them in the inner hallway of my apartment building, I can hear them with all windows shut, earplugs in my ears and a fan on the high setting, all conversation must pause when they go past because they drown out everyone's voices.
How do UTers feel about loud motorcycles in the city? Do we need better enforcement on this issue? I mean, nowhere in Toronto is open road-Easy Rider territory. Most of these motorcycles are pootling around the city at 50 km/h or less. They are literally just mobile lawnmowers, and even lawnmowers are subject to the noise by-law.
75. (1) Every motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle shall be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and excessive smoke, and no person shall use a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, hollywood muffler, by-pass or similar device upon a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 75 (1).
How do UTers feel about loud motorcycles in the city? Do we need better enforcement on this issue? I mean, nowhere in Toronto is open road-Easy Rider territory. Most of these motorcycles are pootling around the city at 50 km/h or less. They are literally just mobile lawnmowers, and even lawnmowers are subject to the noise by-law.
75. (1) Every motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle shall be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and excessive smoke, and no person shall use a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, hollywood muffler, by-pass or similar device upon a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 75 (1).