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Originally Posted by polarisman14
When did they make switchable exhaust legal? If so that is good news!
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About two years ago, "Legality" arrived stealthily in a two-step process—not unlike the Trojan Horse.
• First, citing the danger to officers in 100+ MPH "fly-by" exhaust noise testing,
they changed the measurement to testing "exhaust noise at the dock". The result, naturally enough, was quieter readings for ocean-racers.
• Second,
they made the argument that now that now that boats have been proven quiet, they should be permitted to have "switchable exhaust". This new change meant that speedboaters can have a open exhaust until reaching their crowded or sleeping destinations, when
they could go "silent" again—and annoy nobody.
While it is no surprise that
they "forget" to put their switchable exhaust into "quiet" mode, that's how the law stands today.
More's the pity, as it's children whose hearing is mostly impacted.
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports approximately 28 million Americans have lost some or all of their hearing, including 17 in 1,000 children under age 18.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
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