<div dir="ltr">In the UK there are specific distance limits from the exhaust tail pipe. The noise level also varies from circuit to circuit and meeting to meeting. I think in some places they are allowed so many noisy meetings if they have a certain number of less noisy meetings - hence the change in levels allowed. The noise meter has to be calibrated and in date. The official also has to be licensed to conduct the meter reading (I've avoided being licensed for this!). For any given race it's usually apparent if one or more cars are noisy compared to the rest of the cars.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 2:42 PM, derf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:derf247@gmail.com" target="_blank">derf247@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">104dB is 4x as loud as 98dB.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 12:37 AM Billy Zoom via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">> UK Noise limits vary but 98 to 103, and occasionally 105 are typical.<br>
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Assuming these are db ratings, at what distance from the car is it measured?<br>
The sound pressure drops by half each time the distance is doubled.<br>
104db would be twice as loud as 98db, so it seems there’s quite a range.<br>
I’ve had much experience with ill-trained security guards misusing sound pressure meters, so I’m naturally skeptical of such regulations.<br>
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