Got pulled over for Exhaust Noise? WTF

**Flip** · 07-21-2006, 08:01 AM

Does anyone know the laws/rules on exhaust noise here in georgia?

The other day i was driving as a cop passes me, i see him turn around. He comes back behind me, then we pass a state trooper or something and he follows me too. They both pull me over. The first cop asks me if i live on blah blah road, which i do, so i say yeah. He pulls out a printed letter with the description of my car in it saying that people/person have called in complaints about my exhaust being too loud. First of all I work nights so i leave for work at 11pmish and return at 6:30amish... He tells me my exhaust is illegal by state code so I asked him how it was illegal? He returned by stating that he could just give me a verbal warning or he could write it down for me... I opted for verbal warning and to shut the fuck up until i knew the laws...

So, my exhaust is sorta loud, it's not a ricer nasty loud but a deep rumble loud, kinda like a GT rumble... Imagine a gt with flows on it... WTF?? Can anyone point me to the state code where it states these laws or something? I wana shove it back int he cops face next time and tell him to eat it...

**Halfwit** · 07-21-2006, 08:05 AM

u were in the sti?

**5thgcelica** · 07-21-2006, 08:11 AM

it probably is illegal.

im sure mine is. along with most people on this board. if your exhaust exceeds such and such decible, then its illegal.

ask runier, he's good at this shit. lol.

**Halfwit** · 07-21-2006, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by 5thgcelica

it probably is illegal.

im sure mine is. along with most people on this board. if your exhaust exceeds such and such decible, then its illegal.

ask runier, he's good at this shit. lol.

I THOUGH THAT any modified exhaust system was illegal?

**ORGANIZATIONXIII** · 07-21-2006, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by Halfwit

I THOUGH THAT any modified exhaust system was illegal?

I think it has to do with the db level.. I forget the GA CODE for it.. I think you can have an exhaust, but it has to top at some db

**Leadfoot_mf** · 07-21-2006, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by Flip

Does anyone know the laws/rules on exhaust noise here in georgia?

The other day i was driving as a cop passes me, i see him turn around. He comes back behind me, then we pass a state trooper or something and he follows me too. They both pull me over. The first cop asks me if i live on blah blah road, which i do, so i say yeah. He pulls out a printed letter with the description of my car in it saying that people/person have called in complaints about my exhaust being too loud. First of all I work nights so i leave for work at 11pmish and return at 6:30amish... He tells me my exhaust is illegal by state code so I asked him how it was illegal? He returned by stating that he could just give me a verbal warning or he could write it down for me... I opted for verbal warning and to shut the fuck up until i knew the laws...

So, my exhaust is sorta loud, it's not a ricer nasty loud but a deep rumble loud, kinda like a GT rumble... Imagine a gt with flows on it... WTF?? Can anyone point me to the state code where it states these laws or something? I wana shove it back int he cops face next time and tell him to eat it...

the cop was just trying to save u from public embarassment for driving that ghey ass car maybe u need a gt with flowmaster in this redneck state to get respect.

**Halfwit** · 07-21-2006, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Cremepuff

I think it has to do with the db level.. I forget the GA CODE for it.. I think you can have an exhaust, but it has to top at some db

but they wont use a machine they will say "it is too loud" and give u a ticket.

**Nemesis** · 07-21-2006, 08:27 AM

I drove by 5 cops this morning with my turbo back exhaust, and im sure it sounds simliar to yours since mine is catless, and nothing from any of em.

**4dmin** · 07-21-2006, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by Leadfoot_mf

the cop was just trying to save u from public embarassment for driving that ghey ass car maybe u need a gt with flowmaster in this redneck state to get respect.

dont' be knocking flowmaster they sound good

they were probably just profiling you... i can't imaging your exhaust being illegal unless you have resonater or cat cut out.

**Hulud** · 07-21-2006, 08:33 AM

i always assumed if you could pass emmissions legally then your exhaust was good to go

**IndianStig** · 07-21-2006, 08:34 AM

if it exceeds a certain db level it is illegal, not sure if its in this state, but it prolly is, idk.

but who cares....boxer 4 subaru's sound like sex............those cops don't know shit about sound

**Hulud** · 07-21-2006, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by fastboyamin

but who cares....boxer 4 subaru's sound like sex............those cops don't know shit about sound

i know you havent had sex before so i will excuse it this time

a deep rumbling does not sound like sex, moaning and slapping of the ass sounds like sex

**Halfwit** · 07-21-2006, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by Nemesis Digital

I drove by 5 cops this morning with my turbo back exhaust, and im sure it sounds simliar to yours since mine is catless, and nothing from any of em.

its casue its a wagon. they dont understand..... but i do!!

**Nemesis** · 07-21-2006, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Halfwit

its casue its a wagon. they dont understand..... but i do!!

Hell yes, one of the perks of having the wagon.

**jtownaccord** · 07-21-2006, 08:43 AM

Yeah, I got pulled over on barrett about a month ago for a noise violation. He said my exhaust was illegal. When I asked him what was considered legal, he told me any modification to the exhaust. That would have been cool cause he was just giving me a verbal warning, but then he said he was tired of all the ricers hanging out at barrett on the weekends. He actually called me a ricer. Fuck cops.

**Halfwit** · 07-21-2006, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by jtownaccord

Yeah, I got pulled over on barrett about a month ago for a noise violation. He said my exhaust was illegal. When I asked him what was considered legal, he told me any modification to the exhaust. That would have been cool cause he was just giving me a verbal warning, but then he said he was tired of all the ricers hanging out at barrett on the weekends. He actually called me a ricer. Fuck cops.

but u are a ricer, and are disturbing ppl with your loud exhaust, he had the right to pull u over, dont say fuck cops when hes doin his job.

**Tiff-O-Bitties** · 07-21-2006, 08:46 AM

Next time ask him how often it is that they pull over Harley's because they are too loud...

**Flip** · 07-21-2006, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Nemesis Digital

I drove by 5 cops this morning with my turbo back exhaust, and im sure it sounds simliar to yours since mine is catless, and nothing from any of em.

Yah, i think he just pulled me over since he had the description of my car in a freakin letter

They normally don't even turn their head. or I wave and they wave back

**Flip** · 07-21-2006, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by admin

dont' be knocking flowmaster they sound good

they were probably just profiling you... i can't imaging your exhaust being illegal unless you have resonater or cat cut out.

I'm full catless

. It's illegal in that aspect but noise is where i'm concerned :-p

**Flip** · 07-21-2006, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by fastboyamin

if it exceeds a certain db level it is illegal, not sure if its in this state, but it prolly is, idk.

but who cares....boxer 4 subaru's sound like sex............those cops don't know shit about sound

LOL you tell it right

**Flip** · 07-21-2006, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Cav-E-R

Next time ask him how often it is that they pull over Harley's because they are too loud...

Yah i brought up that point to a friend as well but i think motorcycles have different laws for noise

.

**Crazy Asian** · 07-21-2006, 09:34 AM

You know he just cant do that. In Cali they have to put a device and test your exhaust. Anything over 96DB is considered illegal. Just goto court and prove that your exhaust is legal and everything.

**Flip** · 07-21-2006, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by Crazy Asian

You know he just cant do that. In Cali they have to put a device and test your exhaust. Anything over 96DB is considered illegal. Just goto court and prove that your exhaust is legal and everything.

I wonder what the db level is here and do they just do it at idle?

Luckily i didn't get a ticket so i don't gotta fight this one

.

**N/A EK** · 07-21-2006, 09:38 AM

i think 90db

**Crazy Asian** · 07-21-2006, 09:39 AM

They make you rev your car like around 3-4k and see how loud it is. I was reading about a kid who got pulled over in Cali since he had a Greddy SP and they put noise violation too loud. So he asked the magazine what he should and told him to go to the company and get a like a letter complying it was under 96db and then he told the judge that their was no kind of sound test done. He got away scotts free.

**Leadfoot_mf** · 07-21-2006, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by fastboyamin

if it exceeds a certain db level it is illegal, not sure if its in this state, but it prolly is, idk.

but who cares....boxer 4 subaru's sound like sex............those cops don't know shit about sound

yeah gay sex............................................... ..u guys are fags

**ShooterMcGavin** · 07-21-2006, 10:10 AM

ur car is not loud at all man, sounds like most other scoobys in fact w/that signature boxer rumble....u want loud, u should hear hulud pulling away

**civic95** · 07-21-2006, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Flip

Yah i brought up that point to a friend as well but i think motorcycles have different laws for noise

.

Bingo! I was about to say if you want to get back at your neighbors get a Harley. They won't write you a ticket for it. Since people cannot SEE motorcycles we have to make sure you hear us.

**Leadfoot_mf** · 07-21-2006, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by Shazam!

ur car is not loud at all man, sounds like most other scoobys in fact w/that signature boxer rumble....u want loud, u should hear hulud pulling away

i fart louder than both those cars......haha lirl

**ShooterMcGavin** · 07-21-2006, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Leadfoot_mf

i fart louder than both those cars......haha lirl

i don't know what's worse, the fact that u CAN or that ur proud of it...

**redlinenprelude** · 07-21-2006, 10:45 AM

what color are you?

**CHADbee** · 07-21-2006, 10:54 AM

search google for Ga state laws...i think the sound leval here is 95DB but i could be wrong, they also have to have something to measure the DB ur exhaust makes, if they give u a ticket without messuring the DB it will get thrown out.

**Rican219** · 07-21-2006, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by CH@Dbee

search google for Ga state laws...i think the sound leval here is 95DB but i could be wrong, they also have to have something to measure the DB ur exhaust makes, if they give u a ticket without messuring the DB it will get thrown out.

Agreed!

My Bug is super loud almost sounds like a scooby and I don't get fucked with.

Maybe they recongnize my WHITEPOWERNESS!

**ShooterMcGavin** · 07-21-2006, 11:01 AM

^^^is that really the case though, how does it work then for like ppl w/loud ass stereos? how can they check the db the officer HEARD u playing music on?

**civic95** · 07-21-2006, 12:12 PM

^ I beleive that one is measured by distance. If your music (bass) can be heard/felt over 100 ft/yards away.

**jtownaccord** · 07-21-2006, 02:03 PM

halfwit, I am not a ricer. I was not disturbing people, I was in a line of cars all with exhaust. I just happened to be in back. He pulled out a u turn and followe me for at least a mile before pulling me over. My exhaust is not that loud, it has a cat, plenty of other cars around that are much louder. He just wanted to pick on me I guess. By the way his job is to protect and serve. My exhaust wont hurt anybody.

**Nemesis** · 07-21-2006, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by jtownaccord

halfwit, I am not a ricer. I was not disturbing people, I was in a line of cars all with exhaust. I just happened to be in back. He pulled out a u turn and followe me for at least a mile before pulling me over. My exhaust is not that loud, it has a cat, plenty of other cars around that are much louder. He just wanted to pick on me I guess. By the way his job is to protect and serve. My exhaust wont hurt anybody.

Yes it could hurt a young child with devloping ear drums and cochlea.

**speedminded** · 07-21-2006, 02:13 PM

here's the deal, as long as it's a complete exhaust (not like mine that ends behind the resonator 2 feet in front of the rear wheels

) it is legal. It is illegal to sell an exhaust that is too loud, but there is no law on using it other than the local city ordinances of noise violations. There is no required maximum decibal output and if there was police don't even carry sound meters in this state so it wouldn't matter. Don't worry about it as long as you're not carrying anything and have a license and insurance.

As for the letter, did it have your address printed on it? when did they give it to you? after they took your license from you?

40-8-71.
(a) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with an exhaust system, in good working order and in constant operation, meeting the following specifications:
(1) The exhaust system shall include the piping leading from the flange of the exhaust manifold to and including the muffler or mufflers and tail pipes;
(2) The use of flexible pipe shall be prohibited except on diesel tractors or according to manufacturers´ original specifications;
(3) The exhaust emission point shall extend beyond the rear or outside of the passenger compartment. The trunk shall be considered as part of the passenger compartment;
(4) The exhaust system and its elements shall be securely fastened, including the consideration of missing or broken hangers; and
(5) There shall be no part of the exhaust system passing through the passenger compartment or any exposed stack so located that any individual entering or leaving the vehicle may be burned.

(b) The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any muffler which causes excessive or unusual noise or annoying smoke or any muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device for use on a motor vehicle or for any person to use, to sell, or to offer for sale any motor vehicle equipped with any such muffler, muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device. Any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

**jtownaccord** · 07-21-2006, 02:18 PM

I doubt it

**speedminded** · 07-21-2006, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Nemesis Digital

Yes it could hurt a young child with devloping ear drums and cochlea.

mine will!

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