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Old 05-12-2015, 12:57 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by strat61caster View Post
To the point of the violation, I would be pissed off if I was woken up by a 90+ dB exhaust, that's loud as fuck, don't know what the rest of y'all's tolerance is, but we're talking hearing damage, jackhammers, trains etc.
No. You'd have to be exposed to 90 dB continuously for at least 2 hours for it to damage your hearing. That's about the normal loudness of a gasoline push mower. A jackhammer is around 120 to 125 dB, significantly louder than his exhaust.

Furthermore, unless I misunderstood, he wasn't driving around with 90+ dB exhaust. He had it tested without the baffles to get those numbers. The cop ticketed him for running it with the baffles, at a much lower sound level.

The cop was wrong.
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