At what range is that decbel reading? At 1 foot from the tailpipe, I don't think
any muffler would pass.
mgrose@ameritech.net wrote:
> John,
>
> Was just looking through the ORC and I found an answer for you.
> Law 4513.221 Regulation of vehicle and engine noise ...Under B-1-b it
> states that when operating at 35mph the maximum noise level and be no more
> then 70 deciibels and over 35 it can not be more then 79 decibels. You can
> look at it yourself online at
> http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/revisedcode/. Hope that is of some
> help for you.
>
> At 02:45 AM 1/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hey all,
> >
> > Does anyone know if I have a leg to stand on in court? I just got a
> >ticket for "defective exhaust" because of my gibson 3" and headers. The
> >officer said he noticed my "loud" exhaust. anyone know how I'd find out the
> >legal db limit for exhaust noise in Ohio?
> > It isnt leaking or anything its just naturally loud but I didn't think it
> >was illegal. It certainly is not defective, it works perfectly.
> >
> >John S
>
> -Matt Grose
> South Euclid, OH
> 97 RC 4x4 Sport 3.9L V6
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