noise

[Grizzley Dell]

does any1 know the legal decibles level from a car exhaust? i wreckon mine may blow it out the window.

[caprinerd]

there was a thread about this a few months back i think it was 89DB

[Fiesta Steve]

Well its taken a bit of searching but here goes once again from the good book

 

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 regulate the construction, weight and equipment of motor vehicles. Regulation 55 provides for the control of noise made by certain vehicles with three or more wheels. It states:

55(1) This regulation applies to every wheeled motor vehicle having at least three wheels and first used on or after 1st October 1983

 

So for most of us OSF'ers then the regulations don't apply to motor vehicles made before Oct 1983, however for the capri and fiesta boys then the noise limit must be below 80 decibels, this however can only be tested with a prescribed device