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Originally Posted by Clipdat
I've always hated the idea of having a db limit.. at a race track.  |
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Originally Posted by bkblitzed
yea blame the fucking old white people that live near laguna seca.. Why live near a fucking race track and complain about noise, stupid..
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I'm with you on this. So many times I've wanted to run Laguna and so many times I couldn't because of the db rule. And the one chance I had with a stock car, is now no longer stock. Bummer.
MRLS is ran by a non-profit org therefore minimal (if any) taxes are paid. The very limited open-db days that they do have (pro events) and limited private days (slight raise in db levels) still does compare to the amount of revenue the city/county makes via tourism. Imagine if the city became a race haven...they'd lose a ton of $$$ from visitors looking for that quiet, serene, beach environment. Race fuel smell in the air, the resonating noises of straight pipes, not to mention Canary Row will flood with fart cans and boom boxes. That'll be like Lighting McQueen inviting all his homies to Radiator Springs everyday.
Let's not blame the dozen or so residents directly affected by the noise. Instead put pressure on the surrounding cities/counties whose opting out on a little more income just by raising that db rule a couple clicks. Other tracks have db rules too but they don't have some car-hater working that booth. They supply him with plush headphones and a stack of DVDs for the day.
My $0.02.