Fiji ST Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Does anyone know of a shop/person who can give me a dB reading of my exhaust? I need to know if my cat-back is within legal sound levels so I can get my neighbors, girlfriend, etc. off my ass about it. I did a search on here, but no luck. Also, what's the legal limit on sounds, if there is one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Hope this helps but it says 1986 lol thats all I could find. 4513.221 Local regulation of passenger car and motorcycle noise. (A) The board of county commissioners of any county, and the board of township trustees of any township subject to section 505.17 of the Revised Code, may regulate passenger car and motorcycle noise on streets and highways under their jurisdiction. Such regulations shall include maximum permissible noise limits measured in decibels, subject to the requirements of this section. (B) Regulations establishing maximum permissible noise limits measured in decibels shall prohibit the operation, within the speed limits specified herein, of a passenger car or motorcycle of a type subject to registration at any time or under any condition of load, acceleration, or deceleration in such manner as to exceed the following maximum noise limits, based on a distance of not less than fifty feet from the center of the line of travel: (1) For passenger cars: (a) When operated at a speed of thirty-five miles per hour or less, a maximum noise limit of seventy decibels; (b) When operated at a speed of more than thirty-five miles per hour, a maximum noise limit of seventy-nine decibels. (2) For motorcycles: (a) When operated at a speed of thirty-five miles per hour or less, a maximum noise limit of eighty-two decibels; (b) When operated at a speed of more than thirty-five miles per hour, a maximum noise limit of eighty-six decibels. © Maximum noise limits established pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be measured on the “A” scale of a standard sound level meter meeting the applicable requirements for a type 2 sound level meter as defined in American national standards institute standard S1.4 – 1983, or the most recent revision thereof. Measurement practices shall be in substantial conformity with standards and recommended practice established by the society of automotive engineers, including SAE standard J 986 A NOV81, SAE standard J 366 MAR85, SAE standard J 331 A, and such other standards and practices as may be approved by the federal government. (D) No regulation enacted under division (B) of this section shall be effective until signs giving notice of the regulation are posted upon or at the entrance to the highway or part thereof affected, as may be most appropriate. (E) A board of county commissioners of any county may regulate noise from passenger cars, motorcycles, or other devices using internal combustion engines in the unincorporated area of the county, and a board of township trustees may regulate such noise in the unincorporated area of the township, in any of the following ways: (1) By prohibiting operating or causing to be operated any motor vehicle, agricultural tractor, motorcycle, all-purpose vehicle, or snowmobile not equipped with a factory-installed muffler or equivalent muffler in good working order and in constant operation; (2) By prohibiting the removing or rendering inoperative, or causing to be removed or rendered inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair, or replacement, of any muffler; (3) By prohibiting the discharge into the open air of exhaust of any stationary or portable internal combustion engine except through a factory-installed muffler or equivalent muffler in good working order and in constant operation; (4) By prohibiting racing the motor of any vehicle described in division (E)(1) of this section in such a manner that the exhaust system emits a loud, cracking, or chattering noise unusual to its normal operation. (F) Whoever violates any maximum noise limit established as provided in division (B) of this section or any of the prohibitions authorized in division (E) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Fines collected under this section by the county shall be paid into the county general fund, and such fines collected by the township shall be paid into the township general fund. No regulation adopted under this section shall apply to commercial racetrack operations. Effective Date: 06-26-1986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 86 DB is not loud union county fucks up alot of car's into tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 stat troppers and read it..but it how they read it too. they should have a meter for this. distance has everything to do with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Well, it's an official law. http://66.161.141.185/orc/4513.221 stat troppers and read it..but it how they read it too. they should have a meter for this. distance has everything to do with it So I can go to a state trooper's station and have them test it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 of a passenger car or motorcycle of a type subject to registration at any time or under any condition of load, acceleration, or deceleration in such manner as to exceed the following maximum noise limits, based on a distance of not less than fifty feet from the center of the line of travel: (1) For passenger cars: (a) When operated at a speed of thirty-five miles per hour or less, a maximum noise limit of seventy decibels; (b) When operated at a speed of more than thirty-five miles per hour, a maximum noise limit of seventy-nine decibels. should...not to sure tho.... i know some audio shops have the meter, but testing it to state regulated levels is the key... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 ps..my truck is louder then you car..and i knows its legal....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 should...not to sure tho.... i know some audio shops have the meter, but testing it to state regulated levels is the key... I guess they have a certain way to test? I know someone who's a Dublin cop. I'll see if he can test it for me. Hopefully he won't be a dick and give me a ticket if it's too loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripleskate Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Your exhaust isn't that loud, I would know, I have the same one. lol. If your neighbors are "complaining" then either you like ricing it up around your neighborhood or they are way too fuckin' nosey. Tell them to piss off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 We have one at my work but it might be kind of weird asking to use it now. Know any other construction guys who's company noise level tests their equipment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyctsv Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I know mine is louder and I have never had a problem. Agreed - tell them to piss off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I guess they have a certain way to test? I know someone who's a Dublin cop. I'll see if he can test it for me. Hopefully he won't be a dick and give me a ticket if it's too loud. i quoted from the link you post' check post #6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Your exhaust isn't that loud, I would know, I have the same one. lol. If your neighbors are "complaining" then either you like ricing it up around your neighborhood or they are way too fuckin' nosey. Tell them to piss off. Yours is so much louder than mine! I know mine is louder and I have never had a problem. Agreed - tell them to piss off. I'd love to, but it's not so cut and dry. It involves other people that I don't want to get into trouble. I honestly just want to get a reading so I can tell them, "Look, it's legal. Now go back in your house and finish the dishes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Your exhaust isn't that loud, I would know, I have the same one. lol. If your neighbors are "complaining" then either you like ricing it up around your neighborhood or they are way too fuckin' nosey. Tell them to piss off. i quoted from the link you post' check post #6 Yeah, got what you were saying after I posted my stupid question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPL_Josh Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 should...not to sure tho.... i know some audio shops have the meter, but testing it to state regulated levels is the key... better to use a mic, rather than a meter. at such a low sound level like 82dB as meters such as the Termlab work on pressure and i think it would be inaccurate outside a vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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