Shame on those who abuse Pine Island, FL residents with illegal motor vehicle NOISE; Shame on the Lee County Sheriff’s Department for failing to enforce Florida’s motor vehicle noise laws…
Shame on the selfish BULLIES who abuse the children, the elderly, the families, on Pine Island, FL by operating an illegally LOUD, illegally equipped, motorcycle – automobile – truck on the public roadways that service Pine Island – Bokeelia – City Center – Saint James.
Shame on Lee County’s Sheriff Department, the Deputies, for their misfeasance – malfeasance – their refusal to enforce the factory-installed muffler requirements of the Florida State Motor Vehicle Code.
Shame on Lee County’s Sheriff Department for their refusal to protect and serve the citizens of Lee County, Florida who are daily and nightly subject to motor vehicle noise abuse; especially relevant, the abuse our children, our elderly, the handicapped, our families.
Sec. 316.293. Motor vehicle noise (Florida)
[…] No person shall operate or be permitted to operate a vehicle at any time or under any condition of roadway grade, load, acceleration, or deceleration in such a manner as to generate a sound level in excess of the following limit for the category of motor vehicle and applicable speed limit at a distance of 50 feet from the center of the lane of travel under measurement procedures […]
This following paragraph from Section 293 is very important as it restricts using any non-original equipment which can increase noise limits on cars or other vehicles:
(5) NOISE ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS.—
(a) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or any other noise-abatement device of a motor vehicle operated or to be operated upon the highways of this state in such a manner that the noise emitted by the motor vehicle is above that emitted by the vehicle as originally manufactured.
This makes it illegal to use any aftermarket modifications louder than ones your vehicle is manufactured with. All devices producing excessive exhaust noise are not legal. There are exceptions which include emergency vehicles, vehicles used in races or similar events, agricultural equipment, and test vehicles.
"RickeyD" Holtsclaw 