• barsquid@lemmy.world
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    “I feel that if the residents are upset by noise and the city wants to crack down on noise — I don’t disagree with it,” Aquilino said. “I disagree with if a car is unmodified and you want to fine them.”

    Massive ego on this sack of shit. “Residents are upset by noise but if the noise is stock then it is fine.”

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      I understand where he is coming from. If the car is street legal, he shouldn’t have gotten a fine for using it. The problem is that cars that produce such levels of noise are street legal.

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        Every single car you and I have ever owned, are presumably street legal, yet they can reach speeds that are illegal almost everywhere.

        Similarly, every knife I have ever owned has the necessary sharpness to cut meat… yet I am not supposed to cut human meat. I am pretty certain the car would not reach undesirable noise levels if he were not speeding or revving the engine, etc. So it is more on him for HOW he is using the car and not how the car was built

        So his reasoning sounds legit, but it really is not.

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        Lambos aren’t quiet, but if you drive them gently then they aren’t loud enough to set off the noise camera.

        So this is a bit like arguing someone should be allowed to blast their music at midnight just because the speakers were legal to buy and own. If a city implements noise restrictions to protect the health and well-being of their residents then people have a legal and moral obligation to do their best to comply even if that means driving your lambo slowly through residential areas.

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          They maybe don’t set them.off, but where i live, quite a lot of people drive Lamborghinis, and they are obnoxious loud, even if they just idle on a redlight. And just hitting the accelerator slightly more than usual and they are way louder than any peasant car is ever allowed to be.

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        Just because it’s stock doesn’t mean the driver can’t rev the engine way too hard and loud like a crazy person, engine braking loud at shit down the street in the middle of the night, yeah could be annoying

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        Some others have mentioned there may be a distinction between levels of noise when the car is in some sort of “street” mode. I have zero sympathy if there is a street legal mode that he turned off while on public roads.

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        The car can do 200 miles per hour, and yet there are speed limits. Should he be exempt?

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          Duh, it can go 200 mph stock.

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        Whats the noise level if the car is driving at a reasonable speed in the city?

        I imagine it’s only excessively noisy if they are showing off, revving the engine, and/or streeet racing

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        Street legal doesn’t mean incapable of violating noise regulations if misused just like speed laws or any other traffic laws. Most gas engine cars can produce extreme amounts of noise just not when used as intended for driving on streets.

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        This is still a goofy line of reasoning. If you, for example, are driving a truck equipped with engine retarder brakes, in quite a lot of municipalities you literally aren’t allowed to use them because they are too loud for neighbourhoods. You risk getting a fine.

        Revving a lambo is exactly the same.

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      I fucking hate these things so much. I’m not as opposed to cars as many others in this sub, i need a car for work and i have a car that i sometimes drive on the weekends. Lamborghinis especially are such a thorn in my eyes, they look like ass, they are LOUD as shit, and not under load, they are just loud all the time. They are way to wide for normal streets and the most impractical things ever. And because they are only driven by cunts, they are extra loud. Peasant cars have to follow rules, but as soon as you have enough money: well, timmy needs a v12 racecar and they are very loud, that makes sense, right?