Why is it...

[MeghanAndrews]

There are sound laws. Your local police are not enforcing because they are busy putting drug dealers in jail and there is no more room. Bring your neighbor to court. Knowing someone is breaking the and not reporting them makes you just as guilty.

Lisa, the sound isn't loud enough to be breaking the law, but it's just loud enough to wake people up. It's an annoyance, not a law-breaker, hence my inaction Meghan

[lisagurl]

Limits for Other Vehicles
27206.  For the purposes of Section 27200, the following noise limits shall apply to any other motor vehicle, not specified in this article, manufactured:


(1) After 1967, and before 1973 ...........................................................86 dba

(2) After 1972, and before 1975 ...........................................................84 dba

(3) After 1974 ...........................................................................................80 dba


Amended and renumbered Ch. 558, Stats. 1977. Effective January 1, 1978.
 
Noise Limits
38370.  (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not identify any new off-highway motor vehicle, which is subject to identification and which produces a maximum noise level that exceeds the following noise limit, at a distance of 50 feet from the centerline of travel, under test procedures established by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.


(1) Any such vehicle manufactured before January 1, 1973..........................................................92 dBA

(2) Any such vehicle manufactured on or after January 1, 1973, and before January 1, 1975...........88 dBA

(3) Any such vehicle manufactured on or after January 1, 1975, and before January 1, 1986...........86 dBA

(4) Any such vehicle manufactured on or after January 1, 1986....................................................82 dBA


The average noise level in Times Square is 90 dBA. Almost all custom mufflers do not meet the standard.

[joannatsf]

Ugh, ok, new thing I hate in the last like six months I forgot to mention. Ok, I don't know ANYTHING about cars at all, but we have these cars in Southern California that have these weird mufflers on them. These mufflers are SOOOoooooo loud. My neighbor has one and every morning at 5 am I hear his STUPID car starting and him leaving. I don't know what these stupid things are, but these are little cheap cars with these stupid loud mufflers. I hate these loud mufflers!!!

I've got the same thing in my neighborhood.  There is a law against modified exhaust systems in California.  If you pester the local cops enough, a cop will be close by when he starts his car and cite him with a fix-it ticket.  He'll have to correct it and present evidence prior to his court date.

[MeghanAndrews]

Lol, ok, point taken, but I'm not going to be reporting my neighbors for loud mufflers, I don't need to be picking fights with them. Hey, I was just venting about the noise, but I see your point. Don't complain about it if you won't do anything about it Point taken there too Lisa!