I think you can find the state laws on the dmv website
<http://www.dmv.ca.gov>, but there may also be local laws, too...
Jim
At 03:39 PM 3/6/2001 -0800, giles@vy.com wrote:
>What is the limit? Anyone know? I got pulled over once in Mountain View
>for my exhaust, which isn't that modified or that loud (but I had just,
>er, gone up to about 7000rpm. Its quieter than a ferrari, but its louder
>than stock).
>
>The cop told me that "Modified Exhauts are illegal" (I kept quiet), and
>let me off with a warning not to rev that high in an urban area again. We
>think he was expecting to pull me over for speeding (I basically let off
>the throttle at 35 and didn't), and had called my plate in, but then I
>didn't do anything, so he had to say something.
>
>Good luck with fighting it, anyway.
>
> Giles
>
>On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Vitaly Iourtchenko wrote:
>
> > I decided to fight my modified exhaust ticket -- does anyone
> > have a dB meter I can borrow?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vitaly 87 CSP del Sol
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