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Motorcycle noise: Not cool at all
Date published: 6/30/2008 Motorcycle noise: Not cool at all The Harley-Davidson owners meeting here on a recent weekend may have brought money to our city, but also brought an unwanted byproduct--noise ["Hear those riders rumble," June 22]. Now before the riders get all up in arms that I am against motorcycles, I have been riding motorcycles since I was 10 years old. That makes 30 years of riding. I love motorcycles, but I have lived in downtown Fredericksburg for five years now, and every year the noise from modified exhaust systems gets worse. The blame goes to those egotistical riders who are so starved for attention that they feel they must modify their exhausts to be obnoxiously loud. They sadly cling to the false idea that those who hear them will think they are "cool" and thus are able to bury their insecurities under a blanket of exhaust noise. Those who argue that "loud pipes save lives" have no understanding of the physics of sound propagation and are mindlessly repeating the mantra used to justify this nuisance. It's time riders with loud pipes be ticketed more often for disturbing the peace. If they don't like that, they can choose another destination. Enough is enough! Brett Anderson Fredericksburg
Date published: 6/30/2008
Thank you
(posted by
MAKING13
, July 5, 2008 7:43 am)
SMF for your comment...everytime I read or hear of some one complaining about ther loud pipes I just get so upset.....those loud pipes have been around for years and people are just now startting to complain...thery complained about the rolling thunder last year and did that do any good...NO...if any thing more bikers showed up this year and I was glad to see all of them.....i enjoy watching the bikers..be they young or old you need to enjoy life while you can .....cause 2morrow is not promised 2 any one.
MAKING13,
(posted by
SMF
, July 4, 2008 10:56 am)
I am sorry to hear of your loss, you are absolutely right if loud
pipes saves just 1 bikers life then I could care less if they
annoy some uptight cry babies. There is far much worse
things in our world, country and area to worry about stop the
crying!
LOUD PIPES
(posted by
MAKING13
, July 4, 2008 7:20 am)
You people who complain about the loud pipes should get a grip on life.....my brother " god rest his sole " who rode bikes all his life and some dum ass car or van took him out cause they where not paying attention..I say go loud pipes..we have people here who are losing there home and jobs and can afford to put gas in there vechiles and these people are worried about loud pipes...what about the cars that go through downtown Fred with there loud pipes or souped up cars with there loud exhaust.......Ride On.
Roadraid in the example you bring up
(posted by
Ron_C
, July 3, 2008 4:46 pm)
no it isn't fair, but it'd be one small step closer if the driver of the car left the scene in handcuffs. The intersection you mention has plenty of visibility, but I'd bet the cars driver said "I didn't see him". People need to be held accountable for their neglegence. Maybe with louder pipes the driver might have heard him and taken a second look instead of turning in front of him.
Also
(posted by
roadraid
, July 3, 2008 2:06 pm)
I agree with sunshineprncs. People DO need to get off the phone and quit drinking and driving. It's 2008 and everyone knows it's dangerous and illegal. But I see dozens of cases a day of people continuing to do it, some repeatedly. They don't care about anyone else. It's the real world and I deal with it daily.
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