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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 02:46 AM
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Anyone see that Dispatches programme with the likes of Geoff Hoon whoring themselves out for as much dough as they could get? I thought they were supposed to follow the doctrines of Marx.

Anyway, It's probably time for those with fart pipes to do a walls of Jericho around Westminster & defean the f uckers. I believe there's this bloke called God who owns a particularly noisy Triumph...
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 02:48 AM
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i thought that law was brought in to lower the sound of motorbike exhausts.

2db is quiet a lot louder as well.

and lovegroover is right.how is it measured.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Mar 23 2010, 10:46 AM
Anyone see that Dispatches programme with the likes of Geoff Hoon whoring themselves out for as much dough as they could get? I thought they were supposed to follow the doctrines of Marx.

Anyway, It's probably time for those with fart pipes to do a walls of Jericho around Westminster & defean the f uckers. I believe there's this bloke called God who owns a particularly noisy Triumph...
Do the Angels drive Heralds and sing the Gloria to Acclaim his coming?
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 02:51 AM
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I used to have an old Mk2 escort with a standard exhaust and badly tuned engine that could break that noise barrier if I revved it hard with the choke fully out.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 04:12 AM
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Meh, this is old news for Bikers, who have had to endure Plod and their noise witch-hunt for years (along with tinted visors, small numberplates etc).

All aftermarket bike cans have to be labelled up as 'Not for road use' if they produce too much noise (unsure of limit) and plod are keen as mustard to dish out the fines.

As wrong as the rule is, I don't see why it should be any different for cars.

AFAIK it is in the MOT as well however failure is at the tester’s discretion.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by lovegroova,Mar 23 2010, 10:50 AM
Do the Angels drive Heralds and sing the Gloria to Acclaim his coming?
Two Jewish Princesses go Christmas shopping:

Gloria, Susannah in a Lexus.

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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 04:49 AM
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boooooooooooooooooooooooo you stink.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 05:35 AM
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I don't mind noisy sports bikes, but those bloody scooters which make your ears bleed, and Harley type things which make your windows shake should be banned.

So I agree there is some need for it, but sense needs to be applied rather than the rozzers treating it like a dog with a new bone, hauling cars and bikes in left right and centre.... which is what will happen.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MB,Mar 20 2010, 11:03 PM
WTF is going on in this country???

Dorset police are nabbing people left right and centre for twiddling the radio know while driving, or any other trivial matter....

Now Suffolk are onto exhasuts!

Get a life you bunch of twats!

http://www.suffolk.police.uk/News+And+Appe...sy+Exhausts.htm
It Gets worse here as well,
The local cops are now starting to use the video camers on the busses to stop people parking in bus stops ,I know i don't use stops to park or pull up but its the first steps......................it will come back and bite us all i'm sure.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by SideWaysOnFire,Mar 23 2010, 01:56 PM
The local cops are now starting to use the video camers on the busses to stop people parking in bus stops
Was that sarcasm/irony?
People shouldn’t park in buss stops, it’s bloody dangerous.

I do think there should be a slight change in the law about bus lanes though where some can be treated as yellow box junctions.
The ones which block half the road where any traffic that wants to turn left should be allowed to use them to get down the road as long as they don’t block them.
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