Law On Beat Barrels And Sound Gadgets

[miniace]

"CRACKDOWN ON BEAT BARRELS AND SOUND GADGETS"-Daily Mirror 06/01/2012

"Police will crack down on motorists using beat-barrels, extremely loud horns and sound-producing gadgets on their vehicles when the new regulations gazetted under the National Environment Act come into effect this week. Environment Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said the Act covered some four million motor vehicles ranging from three-wheelers to mega container carriers which had extraneous gadgets producing enhanced sound levels and thus leading to sound pollution.

The new provisions spelt out the maximum sound at 105 decibels up to a distance of two meters from the vehicle in front and 93 decibels when the vehicle is in a stationary position.The minister said those who violate the new regulations enacted under the National Environment Act No. 47 of 1980 and known as the National Environmental (Vehicle Horns Regulations) No. 1 of 2011 would face spot fines or prosecution if the offence was repeated.

The restrictions will not apply to ambulances, trains, fire engines, police vehicles and vehicles used by the armed forces or when it is necessary to convey information to the people in an emergency.

Central Environmental Authority Chairman Charitha Herath said noise levels shall be measured in terms of sound pressure levels either by the use of a sound level meter or any other measuring equipment recommended by the CEA from time to time.

He said a sound level meter would be calibrated before and after each series of measurements, using a Class 1 acoustic calibrator. The meters will be supplied by the CEA to policemen and the exercise will be carried out in close cooperation with the Motor Traffic Department."

MINIACE

[VVTi]

About bloody time!!!!

[trinity]

Yeh ,,, start with bloody Laylands............

[miniace]

The restrictions will not apply to ambulances, trains, fire engines, police vehicles and vehicles used by the armed forces or when it is necessary to convey information to the people in an emergency.

MINIACE

Oops...Doesnt cover aircraft

MINIACE

[rover]

They should remove the horns from all the private buses permanantly, and must do something about the silencers of those Leyland buses.

[charitha19]

what the hell are sound producing gadgets... what had changed since i left...?

[miniace]

what the hell are sound producing gadgets... what had changed since i left...?

ICE

MINIACE

[Reckless]

They should remove the horns from all the private buses permanantly, and must do something about the silencers of those Leyland buses.

I agree, they drive me nuts.

[Chaturathi]

Is there a place to check & correct the beat barrel sound level before they implement this law ?

[rover]

Oops...Doesnt cover aircraft

MINIACE

There's one aircraft which circles around rathmalana area at low altitude couple of days a week. Think it's a training flight and sounds exactly like a flying Leyland bus .major sound pollution.

[miniace]

There's one aircraft which circles around rathmalana area at low altitude couple of days a week. Think it's a training flight and sounds exactly like a flying Leyland bus .major sound pollution.

Call 119 and lodge the primary complaint

MINIACE

[mazdaspeed]

Problem is will they check the same on busses ?????

Fore sure all car with beat's are going to get hassled even the ones which are legal & below the required level e.g stock Subaru's etc...

Ur likely to get stopped by some dumb ass cop saying the exhaust is too loud – The ears of the cops have built in decibels reading capabilities – so he can tell the difference between what’s legal or not

[SeanD]

So will they check the SPL equidistant from each vehicle? Because there is a difference with every foot you move. And how can they prove this?

[miniace]

The most commonly used standard of noise testing is ISO 5130-2007 that requires three consecutive measurements to determine.

The three readings taken at three specific RPMs.The maximum level recorded at any reading is taken as the final figure. The measurement mic is placed on a stand (Ideally a tripod) at a position of 45⁰ angle and 0.5m away from the exhaust. Assume SL guys will stick to known ISO standards of measuring.

MINIACE

[terrabytetango]

I wonder if this law will include those stupid 'paan' vans as well. I lose a clear hour's sleep because of this one idiot that goes by my house at 5:30 in the morning.

[cruze5151]

I wonder if this law will include those stupid 'paan' vans as well. I lose a clear hour's sleep because of this one idiot that goes by my house at 5:30 in the morning.

haha same here , my case there are 3 idiots who goes by our house, first one start at 5am. and feels like strangling the paan driver at that moment , annoying as hell.

[rover]

Call 119 and lodge the primary complaint

MINIACE

I'm not bothered since I changed my residence

[VVTi]

Here is some interesting news, a known party was arrested on Saturday night near LP for running a loud exhaust. Kept in the Colpity copshop over night, released, car was impounded pending courts.

All those Beat barrel boys better line up at the exhaust shops and say good bye to your barrels, lest you want to spend some quality time as a state guest and be slapped with a fine or God knows what else.

[Straga]

Here is some interesting news, a known party was arrested on Saturday night near LP for running a loud exhaust. Kept in the Colpity copshop over night, released, car was impounded pending courts.

All those Beat barrel boys better line up at the exhaust shops and say good bye to your barrels, lest you want to spend some quality time as a state guest and be slapped with a fine or God knows what else.

Seems a bit harsh no?

[TheClutch]

guys..is it possible to have a 4" tip muffler without beat sound...........?? coz i really lik the look not the sound..

[VVTi]

What??/ You want a silencer for looks? Its like painting the car for the sound it makes.

[CARBON B4]

guys..is it possible to have a 4" tip muffler without beat sound...........?? coz i really lik the look not the sound..

Should be possible... just connecting a bigger tip to the normal exhaust should not make a big noise.

[slcamel]

haha same here , my case there are 3 idiots who goes by our house, first one start at 5am. and feels like strangling the paan driver at that moment , annoying as hell.

Good for you; I get 2 "Paan" van and 4 School vans 5AM till 7AM in the morning. Damn I hate those funny noises. School vans; those guys honking like nothing till the kids comes to the road. One guy keeps honking and go till the end of the road just like waking people up and comes back again with continues honking to pick up the kids.

PS> Those school vans has different kind of noises; those are to identify which van came in first.

Edited January 26, 2012 by slcamel

[jaga]

What will happen to CBR s and HORNET s at high RPM.

[Sylvi]

Should be possible... just connecting a bigger tip to the normal exhaust should not make a big noise.

'CARBON B4',

You can have a hissing noise if you add a small modification to exhaust end.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.