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06/08/08
News Alert; The City of Long Beach is Beefing Up Enforcement Against Motorcycles With Loud Pipes!
02:19:05 pm, by Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. 
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Categories: News, Articles, Biker Rights, Noise Laws, General Legal, Editorial, Regulations
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - Long Beach police said on Friday they will be beefing up their enforcement of motorcycle noise, particularly on Ocean Boulevard.
It is illegal in California to modify a motorcycle's exhaust to make it louder; the citable limit for noise in the state is 95 decibels.
Cmdr. Jay Johnson of the Long Beach Police Department's South Division said more complaints have been reaching police in the past few weeks and some residents are doing noise-detector readings that show illegal motorcycle riding.
"This is not a new problem, particularly on Ocean Boulevard," Johnson said. "But as there's more development and as more people move into that area, the more complaints of noise come. And it becomes a quality-of-life issue."
Johnson will be deploying some officers during peak motorcycle riding times to listen for noise and write citations.
"My hope is that people will know the law and not come rip-roaring up Ocean Boulevard," Johnson said. "If they do, they will be cited."
So there you have it, Long Beach is the latest Southern California city to begin discriminating against bikers and motorcyclist.
I have no reason to believe that Commander Jay Johnson is playing around, and that they are going to go after what they consider to be loud motorcycles.
In my experience, the Police use the excuse of so-called loud pipes, and/or loud motorcycles to justify pulling any biker or motorcycle rider over that they want. Even motorcycles that have not been modified. It is not right. Many big rig trucks are much louder than motorcycles. Why are they not being singled out for enforcement?
Heck, Long Beach is the largest port in the nation. Everyday thousands upon thousands of big rig trucks pick up and deliver from the port of Long Beach. The noise that they make is deafening! Why not go after them?
I would like to hear about any real enforcement that the City of Long Beach is doing with regards to citing so-called loud motorcycles. If they in fact are citing regular motorcycles just for the sake of filling the cities coffers, then I will call for a total boycott of the City of Long Beach by all bikers and motorcyclist.
Any city that wants to single us out does not deserve our money.
By Long Beach Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., 2008
10 comments
I Carry a copy in my saddlebags at all times. In addition, there is a clearly defined process they must use.
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) test procedure J1169 (May 1998). If you use the contents of 98-100 by itself you are better off than submitting to the referee
By the way, I just heard that the LAPD are now pulling over "all" bikers in the Crenshaw area of Inglewood and Los Angeles.
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Norm
There are many motorcyclists (you know who you are) who modify their bikes with aftermarket exhausts. They are LOUD. You know it. That's why you buy them. You think you are "extra cool" with straight pipes on your Hog. Well, you're not. You are a law breaker plain and simple. Doesn't do the image of wholesome family bikers much good.
It's not discrimination when LOUD MOTORCYCLES are pulled over. The riders are breaking the law. It is as simple as that. Riding is a privilege, not a right. Deal with it.
streets, especially in downtown Long Beach. I had not been to the Long Beach Aquarium in a long time but was over there on Saturday (12/6/08). I could not believe it...motorcycle noise everywhere. Does a family have to put on ear plugs just to walk to the Aquarium from where they parked???
I have a motorcycle myself, not a full time biker but it's alot of fun. But I build my fun on others' pain.
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