Should MOTs have noise limits?

[Samtheman1k]

It really annoys me that I can sit in my flat, watching telly, and some big hairly arsed biker drives down the street on his bike, shaking down the houses, shattering the windows and generally bursting everyones eardrums*.

Even walking round town, chavs in suped up cars, chavs in 50cc bikes with no exhausts etc., they are really starting to **** me off how they seem to think it's cool to have a car/bike that is louder than a Guns n' Roses concert on the Heathrow fly path, and then persist to drive round town multiple times think everyone's looking at them thinking that they are cool, when in fact, they are thinking that you are a No swearing!.

So to that end, why doesn't the MOT have a noise measurement to prevent bikes (predominately) from having excessive levels of noise? Some bikes are so loud round town, that you see the little old ladies quaking in their boots.

Don't these people have anything more interesting to do than annoy everyone else?






*Actual effects exagerated for impact!

 

[Samtheman1k]

I thought they already did.

They do?

 

[Samtheman1k]

I thought they already did.

Hmmm, it appears that you are correct. So I guess that they just 'turn it down' on test day....

argfhghghhghghghghghghghhghghghghghgh!!!!!!!

 

[Samtheman1k]

Ok, it appears that this is the MOT noise test:

As far as the noise is concerned the regulations are quite wordy but boil down to the Tester being able to fail the exhaust if the noise emitted is “clearly in excess”, of what would normally be expected. MOTT.

Great. So if the MOT tester likes loud noise, s/he'll just pass it anyway!

 

[Samtheman1k]

Most Honda engines sound fantastic with loud exhausts. I can't help but smile when I hear a chavv'd up, stickered up, boy racered Honda

Maybe it sounds fantastic to you. But it doesn't sound fantastic to me when they are driving up and down the street at full throttle running down all the little old ladies!