Does anyone have an opinion why HTA #75 (1) seems to be never used against motorcyclists (the vast majority are harleys) that have obvious exhaust modifications for the purpose of emitting great amounts of noise. The act says "Every motor vehicle........shall be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise..........and no person shall use a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, hollywood muffler, by-pass or similar device upon a motor vehicle ......... R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 75 (1)." They flout this one too, without penalty - #75 (4) - "A person having the control or charge of a motor vehicle shall not .......cause the motor vehicle to make any unnecessary noise." Why do the police totally take a "hands off" approach with this increasing blight on our roads? I wouldn't get away with this if I removed the mufflers from my Corvette or the family car. I've asked both city and OPP cops the above questions on a few occasions and never get an answer that means anything. They usually waffle with some lame excuses.

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Re: HTA 75(1) enforcement

Agree and disagree. With respect to tint, the officer saying "I could not see inside the vehicle" is not really a subjective opinion, but an observable fact. As for being "too loud," decibels are measurable and it also would provide auto shops with a metric that they'd have to go by if someone came in and said "my muffler is too loud." However, I don't dispute that the example you came up is also an observable fact - it is actually based on observations as opposed to a subjective opinion.

Agree and disagree.

With respect to tint, the officer saying "I could not see inside the vehicle" is not really a subjective opinion, but an observable fact. As for being "too loud," decibels are measurable and it also would provide auto shops with a metric that they'd have to go by if someone came in and said "my muffler is too loud." However, I don't dispute that the example you came up is also an observable fact - it is actually based on observations as opposed to a subjective opinion.

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