got a ticket saturday for city noise ordinance in the middle of the day in our business district of my town . cop said i had a noisy muffler . he didnt check it with a decimal meter so how does he justify how noisy my exhaust can be? is there any thing stating that my exhaust is 50 state legal so it could help me prove my case? thanks ..

 

What cat-back do you have? Are you running a cat? Your cat-back should have come with a carb ID number stating its legality. I would take it up with the courts if no documented sound level was recorded.

 

it is a hooker cat back hooker shorty headers and custom y pipe.no cats previous owner removed them.

 

Not that i'm a lawyer but the burden of proof is on the officer who wrote you the ticket. When you plead your case just state that you would like to see the registered decible level that you were in violation of and how it was determined that you were in violation of that ordenance. Here in the great liberal state of Massachusetts, if you show up at court to protest a ticket the judge usually lessens the amount of the fine or throws the case out. ( That is as long as you are not a familiar face to the judge and how you carry yourself during the hearing !! ) Remember that an officer of the law can write you up for anything he wants, he has that descretion. It's up to the judge to find you guilty or not. Hope this helps ya out !! Good Luck.

 

i'd just tell em your exaust rotted out and you just had it fixed get someplace to write you an estimate down. just make sure it doesn't say estimate on the paper they write it on.

actually, how much was the ticket for? i don't believe its a moving violation. if its not a moving violation, it won't effect your insurence. anything that doesn't effect my insurence, i just pay. i'd still fight it though. say you were profiled. that always works for me.

 

it is a city ordinance law. cop says it falls under the boom box law we have here. called court clerk says i have to appear in court on an ordinance ticket. he did not take a decibal reading of my car .so how can he actually judge it was to loud? also said i revved it up by putting my car in nuetral which i didn't.