[David Nebenzahl]

On 9/8/2009 7:35 PM Mr.T spake thus:

"Jason Warren" wrote in message
...

I was hauling my son back to college in upstate NY a week
ago and noticed what appeared to brand new signs by the road
(all shiny and clean). They said "Maximun Noise Level 90dB -
State Law"

If this is a New York law, I sure never heard of it. New?
And 90dB isn't all -that- loud. Maybe this is aimed at the
woofer-on-wheels crowd. Or bikers. Or fraternity
brothers...!

But do they specify how it is to be measured?

Well, since you asked, my guess(tm) [1] is that most, if not all, cops
do *not* have SPL meters in their cars, along with the radar guns,
Tasers, riot guns, handcuffs, etc., etc.

If there's a noise complaint, and *if* they decide to follow up on it
(as unlikely as that might be), my further guess(tm) is that they
*might* send someone out with such a meter to investigate.

Of course, by that time the sound source will be long gone.

Fat chance of anyone ever getting arrested for violating excessive sound
laws (unless maybe it's someone with a woofer-without-wheels making a
hell of a sustained racket). They're on the books, but probably never
enforced.

[1] Licensed from Jeff Liebermann



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