Police demonstrate motorcycle noise tests



Police demonstrated Thursday how they will test noisy motorcycles once a new bylaw amendment comes into effect. (CBC)

Edmonton police will use a sound meter and a measuring tape to enforce a new bylaw amendment recently passed by city council to crack down on excessively noisy motorcycles.

An Edmonton bylaw has captured the interest of municipalities and people across the country who loathe the persistent rumbles and thunderclap starts of motorcycles on their roads.

Edmonton is one step closer to turning in motorcycle riders whose bikes are too loud.

A city committee voted Thursday to make it illegal for a motorcycle to be louder than 92 decibels while idling and 96 decibels while in motion.

Riders with louder bikes face a fine of $250, once city council approves the change later this month.

Deaths and injuries prompt Solicitor-General to call for mandatory education and other measures.

A rash of recent motorcycling fatalities has Solicitor-General Kash Heed calling for regulations that would make education mandatory for motorcycle riders and those with whom they share the road.

There should be harsher penalties against automobile drivers who kill motorcyclists due to carelessness, says a group of Ontario bikers.

Andy Small, 44, right, of the Canadian Motorcycle Cruisers, Windsor Chapter, poses with his riders. Small and a group of riders were to meet with MPP Pat Hoy to push for stronger punishment for drivers who kill motorcyclists.
Photograph by: Nick Brancaccio, The Windsor Star, The Windsor Star

In yet another example of a tiny bit of information being a dangerous thing, an English policeman has denounced motorcycles for killing the Baby Boom generation!