New motorcycle noise ordinance?
We’re two days away from Bikes Blues & BBQ folks, which means that many local residents have about 48 hours to stock up on sleep and relaxation while they can. Anyone who’s been around for this festival in years past knows exactly what I’m talking about.
What will be interesting about this year, however, is that three weeks after last year’s festivities, a new noise ordinance was created in Fayetteville to try and keep loud engine revving to a minimum. This week will mark the first time in the festival’s eight year history that local law enforcement officers will have the opportunity to embarrass the hell out of themselves as they try and keep a quarter of a million motorcycles from making too much noise on Dickson Street.
What we do know is that issuing a $55 excessive noise citation to a biker at Bikes Blues & BBQ is by far and away hilarious at best. What we don’t know here at the Flyer, however, is what other actual effects this noise ordinance may have on the Dickson Street culture.
In other words, does this ordinance apply solely to motorcycles or did it play a role in the recent citations that were issued at Froggy’s when the Benjamin Del Shreeve band played their guitars too loud a couple of months ago?
Can any of you provide some assistance here? Y’all know we’re not real journalists, right?
[Via KFSM.com]
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By yrfuneralmytrial on September 22nd, 2008
The motorcycle noise ordinance is specifically aimed at motorcycles. No DB reading necessary. However, the police said that it’s aimed at idiots needlessly revving their engines (“racking out their pipes”). Even then, they said they will issue verbal warnings a plenty before actually writing a ticket. So, if you’re sitting there on your chopper “racking out your pipes” and a cop asks you to knock it off and you smile and do it again, you’ll likely get a ticket. It’s like the British version of “Freeze or I’ll say freeze again”.
By Johnathan on September 22nd, 2008
Besides what funeral said, this is for the other 361 days a year that we’re not having BBBBQ. There are too many people/dollars coming in to town this week for the police to care. Pipes will be racked. A lot.
By Sardon on September 23rd, 2008
One of the first victims of the new noise ordinance was Clint Stoerner, who got busted after being pulled over because his car stereo was too loud. It’s a great tool for the cops to use as a pretense to initiate an incident (using incident in sales lingo as a sale).
By KW on September 23rd, 2008
I have 5% tint, loud pipes, and a loud stereo…I haven’t gotten a ticket yet and I’m hoping it stays that way.
By bryce on September 23rd, 2008
Ahhhh…Bikes, Blues, and Scumbags. I’m leaving Washington County in my rear view this weekend.
By Total Bastard on September 23rd, 2008
I am leaving too.
By Angel Lust on September 23rd, 2008
Bryce: if they were actual scumbags, it would be more interesting. MOST of them are just weekend scumbags who are dentists, lawyers and school teachers the the rest of the week.
But some of the women are actually kinda hot,
and by hot I mean STD hot.
Not sure how the dentists hook up with such women. Maybe there’s a web site.